Tantalize: alternatives and connections

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as,…

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A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent…

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The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

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To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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A gear; a tackle.

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Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

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A young goat.

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Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

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To mock; to ridicule.

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To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted…

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