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Meaning of teasing

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  teasing
      adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore
             a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
             Durrell [syn: {mocking}, {teasing}, {quizzical}]
      2: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her
         lazy teasing smile"
      3: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
         on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly
         bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to
         ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome
         paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats";
         "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and
         persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is
         vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: {annoying},
         {bothersome}, {galling}, {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky},
         {pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing},
         {vexatious}, {vexing}]
      n 1: 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" [syn: {tease}, {teasing}, {ribbing},
           {tantalization}]
      2: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
      3: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb [syn:
         {comb-out}, {teasing}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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