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Definition tease in American English

tease noun

[countable] noun
/tiz/
1

someone who says something to you in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying you slightly in either a friendly or an unkind way

Example

He's just a tease. Ignore him.

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1.1

something that someone says or does when they are teasing you

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2

someone who makes you think that they are willing to have sex with you when they are not

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3

something that is designed to make people interested in an event that will happen or in a product that will become available later

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Definition tease in American English