Definition: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
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: teasing
Definition: playful vexation
Usage: the parody was just a form of teasing
Main entry: annoying, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, bothersome, vexatious, vexing, teasing, irritating, plaguey, plaguy, galling
Definition: causing irritation or annoyance
Usage: tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork; aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport; found it galling to have to ask permission; an irritating delay; nettlesome paperwork; a pesky mosquito; swarms of pestering gnats; a plaguey newfangled safety catch; a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him; a vexatious child; it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Main entry: teasing
Definition: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
Usage: her lazy teasing smile
Main entry: teasing, mocking, quizzical
Definition: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
Usage: his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air- Lawrence Durrell