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    teasing
    [ˈtēziNG]
    adjective
    teasing (adjective)
    1. intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way:
      "teasing comments"
    tease
    [tēz]
    verb
    teasing (present participle)
    1. make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
      "she was just teasing" · "Brenda teased her father about the powerboat that he bought but seldom used" · "“Think you're clever, don't you?” she teased"
      • tempt (someone) sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused:
        "she had thrown herself at him and teased him"
    2. gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands:
      "she was teasing out the curls into her usual hairstyle"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        comb (hair) in the reverse direction of its natural growth in order to make it appear fuller:
        "her hair is teased into spikes" · "her teased bottle-blonde hair"
      • archaic
        comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap.
    Origin
    Old English tǣsan (in tease), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch teezen and German dialect zeisen, also to teasel. Sense 1 is a development of the earlier and more serious ‘irritate by annoying actions’ (early 17th century), a figurative use of the word's original sense.
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    verb
    1. make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
      make fun of
      poke fun at
      chaff
      rag
      mock
      guy
      satirize
      deride
      ridicule
      taunt
      bait
      goad
      pick on
      send up
      rib
      josh
      wind up
      have on
      pull someone's leg
      rag on
      put on
      pull someone's chain
      razz
      fun
      shuck
      chiack
      sledge
      take the piss out of
      rot
      make sport of
      twit
      quiz
      smoke
      rally
      make jokes about
      laugh at
      be sarcastic about
      scoff at
      jeer at
      jibe at
      take the mickey out of
      make a monkey of
      goof on
      poke mullock at
      poke borak at
      sling off at
      flout at
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