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n. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

n. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

tease

v. tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"

tease

v. to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"

tease

v. raise the nap of (fabrics)

tease

v. mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"

tease, card

v. separate the fibers of; "tease wool"

tease, fluff

v. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer

v. annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

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dally, trifle, play

v. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

treat

v. regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"

hunt

v. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

heckle

v. challenge aggressively

manipulate, keep in line, control

v. control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"

tempt, allure

v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

diss, insult, affront

v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

joke, jest

v. tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

gather

v. look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"

congregate

v. come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

convene

v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"

gather

v. draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

sneer

v. express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself

v. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"

bother

v. make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

disturb, upset, trouble

v. move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

vex

v. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"

antagonize, antagonise

v. provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"

hassle, plague, harry, provoke, harass, beset, chivy, chivvy, chevy, molest

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

hunt

v. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

nettle, urticate

v. sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat

v. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

molest

v. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

torture, excruciate, torment

v. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

victimize, victimise

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

heckle

v. challenge aggressively

gall, irk

v. irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

enrage

v. put into a rage; make violently angry

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