teasing

Pluralteasings (some meanings)

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of tease. Use it after is or was, or to talk about the action itself.

   Stop teasing your little sister about her glasses.

   The studio is teasing its new movie with a short clip online.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Making fun of someone or bothering them, as a joke or to be mean.

   The teasing at school got so bad that he didn't want to go back.

   Dad's teasing about my haircut was just a joke.

   Similarribbing, tease

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3. 3
   adjective

   Playfully making fun of someone to annoy them a little.

   She gave her brother a teasing poke and laughed.

   His teasing voice made it clear he was only joking.

   Similarmocking

4. 4
   adjective

   Making someone want you in a sexual way, without planning to go further.

   She gave him a teasing smile across the dance floor and then turned away.

   The singer's teasing moves on stage made the crowd scream.

   Similartantalizing, provocative, titillating, suggestive

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5. 5
   adjective

   Making you feel annoyed or bothered.

   A teasing little cough kept me awake all night.

   The teasing drip of the kitchen faucet made it hard to read.

   Similarannoying, irritating, bothersome, pesky, vexing

6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Combing knots out of your hair.

   After a day at the beach, the teasing of the knots from her long hair took twenty minutes.

   Some slow teasing with the comb got the last knots out of the doll's hair.

   Similarcombing

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