(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

simple past tense and past participle of tease

present participle of tease

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

plural of teasing

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

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

(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.