Teasing - English meaning

noun

Food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey.

Usage examples:

Herrings make excellent bait for pike

verb

Variant spelling of bate1.

noun

An angry mood.

Usage examples:

He got into a stinking bate

noun

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

Usage examples:

Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

verb

Tease.

Usage examples:

The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun

The outer layer that is separated from grains such as wheat before they are used as food

Usage examples:

Scientists chaffed at the restriction, saying it would slow down crucial medical research., local r…

verb

Express contempt for; ridicule.

Usage examples:

The decision was derided by environmentalists

verb

Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

Usage examples:

He was trying to goad her into a fight

noun

A spiked stick used for driving cattle.

Usage examples:

The ripon report suggests widespread use of sticks and electric goads, and says that some animals h…

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He's a nice guy

verb

Make fun of; ridicule.

Usage examples:

She never stopped guying him about his weight

verb

Secure with a guy or guys.

Usage examples:

It was set on concrete footings and guyed with steel cable

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Usage examples:

Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.

Usage examples:

A mock-georgian red brick house

noun

Make a replica or imitation of something.

phrasal verb

Repeatedly single someone out for criticism or unkind treatment in a way perceived to be unfair.

Usage examples:

No one is picking on you—we're trying to help

phrasal verb

Choose someone or something from a number of alternatives.

Usage examples:

I have a tendency to pick on something small and mull it over for far too long

phrasal verb

To criticize, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly

Usage examples:

He gets picked on because he’s small.

noun

A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.

Usage examples:

He wiped his hands on an oily rag

verb

Give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag.

Usage examples:

The background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below

noun

A programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity.

Usage examples:

Rag week

noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He is held up as an object of ridicule

verb

Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

Usage examples:

His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun

Words or actions that make someone or something seem foolish or stupid

Usage examples:

He was an unhappy figure of ridicule, not a figure of fun, among his colleagues., she was ridiculed…

verb

Deride and criticize by means of satire.

Usage examples:

The movie satirized the notion of national superiority

noun

A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.

Usage examples:

Pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes

verb

Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.

Usage examples:

Pupils began taunting her about her weight

verb

Harass with persistent criticism or carping