re-tease

verb

To tease again.

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Meanings

verbre-tease (third-person singular simple present re-teases, present participle re-teasing, simple past and past participle re-teased)

present singular third person re-teases · participle present re-teasing · participle past re-teased · past re-teased · alternative retease

  1. transitiveTo tease again.

    The house throbs with people, girls giggling in our bedroom as they drop cigarettes on the floor and re-tease their hair; muscle-bound football players cruise the halls, squat awkwardly on Mother's Queen Anne chairs as they pop open beers.

    2000, Patricia Foster, All the Lost Girls: Confessions of a Southern Daughter, page 158

Origin

From re- + tease.

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APA

re-tease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-tease

MLA

“re-tease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-tease. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-tease,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-tease.

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