simple past tense and past participle of tease

(transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material). / (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. / (transitive) To backcomb.

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

plural of tease

plural of teasing

present participle of tease

The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.

To unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve. / To separate as if by unraveling.

(slang, vulgar) A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an alluded-to promise of sexual intercourse.

(slang, vulgar) A person, usually a man, who teases a woman with a promise (either implicit or explicit) of sexual fulfillment but does not deliver on it.