tease

(tēz)

v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es

v.tr.

a. To make fun of (someone) playfully or taunt annoyingly: was teased by my classmates for being skinny; teased him about driving such a fast car.

b. To say in a playful or mocking way: "But you're too young to get married," he teased.

c. To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements: teased the cat by dangling a string in its face.

d. To arouse sexual desire in (someone) deliberately with no intention of having sex.

e. To urge persistently; coax: teased their mother to let them stay up late.

a. To disentangle and dress the fibers of (wool, for example).

b. To ruffle (the hair) by combing from the ends toward the scalp for an airy, full effect.

c. To raise the nap of (cloth) by dressing, as with a fuller's teasel.

d. To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.

e. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out: The director teased a good performance out of the actors. The researcher teased out the factors involved in the disease.

v.intr.

To annoy or make fun of someone persistently: I was just teasing.

1. An act of teasing, especially a playfully mocking remark: his tease of his friend's little sister.

2. One that teases, as:

a. A person who makes fun of or annoys others, as with playful or taunting remarks.

b. A flirtatious person.

[Middle English tesen, to comb apart, from Old English tǣsan.]

teas′ing·ly adv.

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Adv.

teasingly - in a playfully teasing manner; "`You hate things to be out of order, don't you?' she said teasingly"

tauntingly

Translations

بصورةٍ مُضايِقَه

škádlivě

drillende

neckend

kötekedõen

stríînislega

ertende

prekáravo

takılarak

戏弄地

teasingly

[ˈtiːzɪŋlɪ] ADV

1. (= jokingly) [say] → de manera burlona, de cachondeo (Sp)

2. (= flirtatiously) [smile] → coquetamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

teasingly

adv

(= provocatively) → herausfordernd

(= playfully) → neckend

(sexually) → betörend, verführerisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tease

(tiːz) verb

1. to annoy or irritate on purpose. He's teasing the cat.

2. to annoy or laugh at (a person) playfully. His school-friends tease him about his size.

noun

a person who enjoys teasing others. He's a tease!

ˈteaser noun

1. a puzzle or difficult problem. This question is rather a teaser.

2. a person who teases.

ˈteasingly adverb

in a teasing manner.