Overview of noun tease

The noun tease has 3 senses

• tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer -- (someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity))


• coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser -- (a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men)


• tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization -- (the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent")

Overview of verb tease

The verb tease has 9 senses

• tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer -- (annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer")


• tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride -- (harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie")


• tease -- (to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior")


• tease -- (tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations")


• tease -- (raise the nap of (fabrics))


• tease, tease apart, loosen -- (disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool")


• tease, card -- (separate the fibers of; "tease wool")


• tease -- (mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman")


• tease, fluff -- (ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect)