Tease: 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 throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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To mock; to ridicule.

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…

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A mound or small hill.

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

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The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

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To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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

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The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

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

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One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

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To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces wit…

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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.

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An engine for casting stones.

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An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

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One who, or that which, annoys.

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One who, or that which, annoys.

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A pert or a wanton girl.

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A pert or a wanton girl.

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One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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To advance; to travel.

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To advance; to travel.

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of…

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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One who, or that which, annoys.

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An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place…

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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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To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

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A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game play…

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A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

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A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

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To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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A pert or a wanton girl.

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To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.

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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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The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.

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To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of…

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

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One who teases or vexes.

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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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To advance; to travel.

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One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.

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One who vexes or troubles.

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