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teasing

/ˈtiz.ɪŋ/ sustantivo B2
  1. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone. (countable, uncountable) · Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.· The gentle teasing between siblings filled the house with laughter.
  2. The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb. (countable, uncountable) · The teasing of her curls took nearly an hour with the fine-tooth comb.

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He was a tall boy, with curly brown hair, roguish hazel eyes, and a mouth twisted into a teasing smile.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 112 · C1
Teasing, teasing man!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 317 · B2
Darcy, that I expressed myself uncommonly well just now, when I was teasing Colonel Forster to give us a ball at Meryton?”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 25 · B2
Bennet, impossible, when I am not acquainted with him myself; how can you be so teasing?”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 5 · B2

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