tease
🇺🇸
/tiːz/
🇬🇧
/tiːz/
verb
R
To make fun of someone in a playful or annoying way.
My friends often tease me about my silly laugh.
R
To bother an animal by touching or pulling it.
Don't tease the cat by pulling its tail.
R
To make someone feel excited without following through.
She liked to tease her boyfriend with flirty messages.
R
To show a little of something to make someone want more.
The warm weather teased us with a taste of summer.
R
To pull something apart gently into pieces.
You need to tease the wool into thin strands.
R
To comb hair against its growth to make it look fuller.
She would tease her hair to add volume before going out.
noun
R
A person who likes to joke or trick others.
My brother is such a tease; he always plays tricks on me.
R
A playful trick or joke.
His story was just a tease to make us laugh.
R
A person who leads someone on without meaning to follow through.
She was known as a tease because she flirted but never dated anyone.
translation
To make fun of someone in a playful or annoying way.; To bother an animal by touching or pulling it.; To make someone feel excited without following through.; To show a little of something to make someone want more.; To pull something apart gently into pieces.; To comb hair against its growth to make it look fuller.
A person who likes to joke or trick others.; A playful trick or joke.; A person who leads someone on without meaning to follow through.
Word Forms
3rd Present
teases
Progressive
teasing
Past
teased
Perfect
teased
Plural
teases