Meaning of "tease"

tease •

v.
• • 1. to annoy, vex or worry by jokes, questions, requests, etc.: tumukso, manukso, tuksuhin, tumudyo, manudyo, tudyuhin, bumiro, mambiro, biruin
  • 2. to annoy: mambuwisit, buwisitin, mangantiyaw, kantiyawan

n.
• • a person who teases: manunudyo, manunukso, mangangantiyaw

» synonyms and related words:

kid

n.
• • a child (coll.): bata, paslit

v.
• • to fool or tease in joking: magbiro, biruin, lumoko, lokohin

annoyance

v.
• • to, to annoy: mangyamot
  • 4. to molest, disturb: mang-abala, abalahin
  • 5. to pester: mambuwisit, buwisitin, manggulo
  • 6. to tease: manukso, tuksuhin
  • 7. to make angry: magpagalit, galitin

rag

n.
• • a torn or waste piece of cloth: basahan, trapo

adj.
• • made of rags: yari sa pira-pirasong damit

v.
• • 1. to tease: manukso, tuksuhin
  • 2. to play jokes on: magbiro, biruin
  • 3. to scold, reprimand: kagalitan, pagsabihan

tukso

v.
• • mangtukso (manukso), tuksuhin (mang-:-in) to tease, to joke, to jest, to tempt. Baka manukso sila. They might tease. Tuksuhin natin si Vicky. Let's tease Vicky.

udyok

v.
• • mag-udyok, udyukan (mag-:-an) to induce, to incite, to prod. Udyukan mo si Joseng bumili ng telebisyon. Prod Jose into buying a television.

v.
• • mang-udyok (mang-) to induce. Nang-udyuk si Luisa na biruin si Berto. Berto was inducing people to tease Bert.

biro

n.
• • a joke

v.
• • magbiro, biruin (mag-:-in) to tease, to make fun of. Huwag magbiro sa lasing. Don't make fun of drunks.