teasing
2.7
Playfully making fun of someone in a kind way
- adjective
- /ˈtiːzɪŋ/
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- The teacher's teasing smile indicated that she was only joking with her students.
You know, we can make mushroom cocktails and we'll sell those and like, it's fun like that kind of fantasizing, the playful, sort of like teasing energy.
- You know, we can make mushroom cocktails and we'll sell those and like, it's fun like that kind of fantasizing, the playful, sort of like teasing energy.
- I think, you know, like a, a teasing tone is the verb to tease.
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Examples
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He spoke in a teasing tone, playfully challenging his friend to a game.
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So the business is a affectionate teasing in this context.
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I think, you know, like a, a teasing tone is the verb to tease.
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Her teasing remarks made everyone laugh and lightened the mood at the party.
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How Teasing
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Etymology
Teasing comes from the old verb tease, which meant 'to pull apart' as when you comb wool. That idea of 'pulling' turned into 'provoking', so teasing now means gently making fun of someone.