- tease
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1 (I, T) to make jokes and laugh at someone in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way: Don't get upset, I was only teasing. | tease sb: Kids often tease each other. | tease sb about: I was teased about my weight as a child.2 (T) to deliberately annoy an animal: Stop teasing the cat!3 (I, T) to deliberately make someone sexually excited without intending to have sex with them4 (T) AmE to comb your hair in the opposite direction to which it grows, so that it looks thicker; backcomb BrEtease out phrasal verb (T)1 tease sth out of sb to persuade someone to tell you something that they do not want to tell you2 (tease something out) to gently loosen or straighten hairs or threads that are stuck together: She teased out the knots in her hair.2 noun (C) informal1 someone who enjoys making jokes at people, and embarrassing them, especially in a friendly way: Don't take any notice of Joe - he's a big tease.2 someone who deliberately makes you sexually excited, but has no intention of having sex with you
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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