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tease
English
Alternative forms
- teaze (dated)
Etymology
From Middle English tesen, from Old English t?san (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?z, IPA(key): /ti?z/
- Homophones: teas, tees
- Rhymes: -i?z
Verb
tease (third-person singular simple present teases, present participle teasing, simple past and past participle teased)
- To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
- To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- To back-comb.
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately.
- 2008, Lich King, "Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast ", Toxic Zombie Onslaught
- 2008, Lich King, "Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast ", Toxic Zombie Onslaught
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
Usage notes
- Tease, in the sense of "make fun of," can refer to cruel statements but also affectionate or harmless ones, which may be taken in good humour by the recipient. By contrast, taunt only refers to cruel statements, as does mock unless qualified (e.g. gently mock).
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
tease (plural teases)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- Synonyms: cock tease, cocktease, cockteaser, prickteaser
Translations
Anagrams
- Seeta, setae, setæ
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vamp
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /væmp/
- Rhymes: -æmp
Etymology 1
From Middle English vaumpe, vaum-pei, vampe (“covering for the foot, perhaps a slipper or understocking; upper of a boot or shoe”), or from Anglo-Norman vampe, *vaumpé (“part of a stocking covering the top of the foot”), from Old French avantpied, avantpiet, variants of avantpié, from avant (“in front”) + pié (“foot”).
Noun senses 2 and 3 (“a patch; something patched up or improvised”) appear to have been extended from sense 1 (“top part of a boot or shoe”). Sense 4 (“repeated and often improvised musical accompaniment”) was probably derived from sense 3, and sense 5 (“activity to fill or stall for time”) from sense 4.
The verb senses were derived from the noun. Compare also Middle English vaum-peien (“(uncertain) to repair (footwear) with a new upper or vamp; to fabricate an upper or vamp”).
Noun
vamp (plural vamps)
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. [from c. 1225]
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- Synonym: patch
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
- (music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist. [from c. 1789]
- (by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
Translations
Verb
vamp (third-person singular simple present vamps, present participle vamping, simple past and past participle vamped)
- (transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- (transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- (transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
- (transitive, intransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- (transitive, intransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- (transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- (transitive, intransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
- (intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
Derived terms
- new-vamp, revamp
- vamp up
- vamper
Etymology 2
Clipping of vampire. From a character type developed first for silent film, notably for Theda Bara's role in the 1915 film A Fool There Was.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
vamp (plural vamps)
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her. [from c. 1915]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vamp
- (informal) A vampire.
Derived terms
- vampish
Translations
Verb
vamp (third-person singular simple present vamps, present participle vamping, simple past and past participle vamped)
- (transitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
Translations
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; possibly related to vamp (etymology 1, above): see the 2008 quotation.
Noun
vamp (plural vamps)
- (US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
Translations
References
Further reading
- vamp (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English vamp.
Noun
vamp f (invariable)
- vamp (flirtatious woman)
Spanish
Noun
vamp m or f (plural vamps)
- vamp
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