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tease

/tiːz/

US pronunciation

American sound/tiːz/

tease

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> tease

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) သိုးမွေးစသည်ကို-ဖြီးသည်-ဆွသည်။ကုပ်သည်။မခံချင်အောင်နှောင့်ယှက်သည်။ကျီစားသည်။

Full entry

tease /ti:z/ v

၁။ စသည်။ နောက်သည်။ ကျီစယ်သည်။ Don't take what she said seriously—she was only teasing. ❍ The other boys used to tease him because of/about his accent. ❍ Stop teasing the cat (eg by pulling its tail).
၂။ စသည်။ ဆွသည်။ flirting and teasing.
၃။ ဖွသည်။ tease wool into strands.
၄။ (US ) = BACKCOMB
n (usu sing ) ကျီစားသန်သူ။ စတတ်သူ။ What a tease she is!
❏ tease sth out [PHRV ] ဆွဲထုတ်သည်။ အစ်သည်။ (fig ) tease out the truth with persistent questions.
❏ teaser n (infml ) (usu sing ) ပဟေဠိ။ This one's a real teaser. See also BRAIN- TEASER
❏ teasingly adv ကျီစယ်လိုသောသဘောဖြင့်။ ပြောင်ပြောင် နောက်နောက်။ She smiled at him teasingly.

More examples

I didn’t mean it: I was only teasing.
[tease someone about someone/something] : John’s always teasing me about my accent.
The wool is teased into longer and straighter fibres.

Synonyms

taunt, laugh at, mock, rib, make fun of, pull somebody's leg, rag, kid, tantalize, aggravate, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, clown, devil, disturb, dog, encourage, excite, gibe, give a hard time, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hector, importune, irritate, jive, joke, joker, josh, josher, laugh, lead on, lead somebody on, leg-puller, manipulate, mess around, mocker, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, put down, rally, razz, ride, ridicule, roast, send up, slam, snap, sound, spoof, swipe at, teaser, torment, tormenter, vex, worry

Antonyms

aid, assist, delight, flatter, free, help, make happy, pet, please, praise, quiet, reassure, satisfy, soothe

Cross references

taunt laugh at mock rib make fun of pull somebody's leg rag kid tantalize aggravate annoy arouse badger bait banter be at bedevil beleaguer bother chaff clown devil disturb dog encourage excite gibe give a hard time

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