cock tease
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9.9
- noun
- /kɑk tiːz/
- Offensive
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calientapollas
- He called her a cock tease after she flirted but refused to go home with him.
Examples
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Many people find her to be a cock tease because she enjoys leading guys on without any intention to date.
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Instead of being chill about it and understanding that not everyone is going to want to bone you immediately because she likes the same comic book as you, he instead retreats to accusing them of being cock teases who only do this for attention.
Blog text (34) -
She has a reputation as a cock tease around the bar, always flirting but never going further.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who often makes fun of others in a playful way
A person who attracts sexual interest but does not want sex
Antonyms
How Flirtatious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cock' (vulgar for the male genital) combined with 'tease' (someone who tempts) yields someone who gives sexual attention without intending sex. Although the phrase is crude and socially marked, its semantic relation to the constituents is transparent and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Cock tease combines cock (a rude word for a man's private parts) and tease (to tempt someone but not give what they want). The image of someone stirring sexual interest but not meaning to act on it explains why it means 'a person who gives sexual attention without intending sex', and the term is rude and offensive.