tease

tease a person with jest

The older children teased and made game of the newcomer.

the children used to tease one another.

he teased us without surcease.

they only do it to tease him—he's too susceptible.

a historian who tries to tease out the truth.

He took a screwdriver and teased out the remaining screws.

The other boys tease him because he is fat.

His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes.

Reporters hounded the celebrity for an interview. Tobadger is to nag or tease persistently:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud.

If you always tease others like that, you'll forfeit the good opinion of your friends.

I told you the dog would bite if you teased it. It serves you right.

I teased Bryant — who avoided jumping this summer — that I could outleap him right now, and he didn'

An elderly sannyasin says:...I was never really a child when I was one, but these last few days, I often feel like a little child... and I want to tease everybody.

Sonny Corleone's heavy Cupid face, redly obscene with winey lust, frightened her, but she had teased him for the past week to just this end.