tease
Definition
- n. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- n. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- v. annoy persistently
- v. harass with persistent criticism or carping
Word forms
- Past tense
- teased
- Present participle
- teasing
- Past participle
- teased
- Third person singular
- teases
Example sentences
n.
His friends always give him a tease about his new haircut.
vt.
She likes to tease her little brother by pretending to hide his favorite toy.