Main entry: ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasing
Definition: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
Usage: he ignored their teases; his ribbing was gentle but persistent
Main entry: coquette, tease, minx, flirt, prickteaser, vamp, vamper
Definition: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Main entry: tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer
Definition: someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
Definition: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Main entry: ride, rag, rally, razz, bait, twit, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, cod
Definition: harass with persistent criticism or carping
Usage: The children teased the new teacher; Don't ride me so hard over my failure; His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Main entry: tease
Definition: mock or make fun of playfully
Usage: the flirting man teased the young woman
Definition: separate the fibers of
Usage: tease wool
Main entry: tease, tease apart, loosen
Definition: disentangle and raise the fibers of
Usage: tease wool
Main entry: tease
Definition: raise the nap of (fabrics)
Main entry: tease
Definition: tear into pieces
Usage: tease tissue for microscopic examinations
Main entry: beleaguer, badger, bug, pester, tease
Definition: annoy persistently
Usage: The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Main entry: tease
Definition: to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
Usage: The advertisement is intended to tease the customers; She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior