noun one who teases or plagues.
2. tease ·vt to comb or card, as wool or flax.
3. tease ·vt to stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
4. tease ·vt to tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
5. tease ·vt to vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.