Teasing
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Teasing is the act of playfully disturbing another person, either with words or with actions. In mild cases, and especially when it is reciprocal, it is essentially a form of play (friendly teasing). However, teasing can be also used as painful harassment (cruel teasing). In extreme cases it may escalate to real violence, and may even result in abuse meeting the legal definition of child abuse.
One may also tease an animal. Some animals, such as a cat or dog, may recognize and enjoy this as playing.
Teasing may also be pretending to give the other something which the other desires, or giving it very slowly. This is usually done by arousing curiosity or desire and may not actually involve actual intent to satisfy or disclose. This is also called "tantalizing", after the story of Tantalus.
Hair can also be "teased," "ratted," or more correctly, "backcombed." As the name suggests, backcombing involves combing the hair backwards from end to root to intentionally tangle the strands to create volume.
"To tease", or to "be a tease" in a sexual sense can mean to pleasure by dress, posture, language and/or other means of flirting to cause another person to become sexually aroused, without any intent to proceed further — usually to the frustration of the person teased. However, such behavior may sometimes be an intended prelude to a more serious engagement, an ambiguity that may lead to uncomfortable situations. In a more physical sense, it can also mean slowly pleasuring someone while holding off bringing them to orgasm. It is a playful activity of arousing pleasure from another through physical contact in order to win favor.
[edit] Colloquial Slang
To "Tease it", "Tease", or "Teasing" is often used as a verb when referring to the use of Marijuana.
Can also be used as a Noun to mean Cannabis. "Tease"
