## Meanings
1. To make fun of someone in a playful way.
2. To annoy someone again and again on purpose.
3. To make someone want something by hinting at it without giving it.
4. The act of playfully making fun of someone.

## Examples
- Her friends teased her about her new haircut.
- The children teased the new boy until he started to cry.
- The advert is designed to tease customers with a glimpse of the new phone.
- He didn't mean to hurt you; it was just a bit of a tease.

## Derived Forms
- cocktease
- cockteaser
- eve-tease
- retease
- teaser

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tesen
- Root: tǣsan
- Root: *taisijan

## Etymology
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).

## AI Etymology
Tease is from Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”). In present-day use, it can mean to make fun of someone in a playful way, or to annoy someone again and again on purpose. Derived formations include cocktease, cockteaser, eve-tease, retease, teaser.

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