tease

Meanings

Verb

Noun

  • One who teases.
  • A single act of teasing.
  • One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.

Origin

  • From Middle English tesen, from Old English tĒ£san, from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan.

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