Dictionary Entry
tease
tease is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To comb or card, as wool or flax. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To comb or card, as wool or flax.
- 2transitive verb
To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
- 3transitive verb
To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
- 4transitive verb
To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
- 5noun
One who teases or plagues.
- 6noun
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"
Synonyms
- 7noun
a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- 8noun
someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- 9verb
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Synonyms
- 10verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"
"Don't ride me so hard over my failure"
- 11verb
mock or make fun of playfully
"the flirting man teased the young woman"
- 12verb
separate the fibers of
"tease wool"
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- 13verb
disentangle and raise the fibers of
"tease wool"
Synonyms
- 14verb
raise the nap of (fabrics)
- 15verb
tear into pieces
"tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
- 16verb
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
- 17verb
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"
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