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Adam-teasing

Adam-teasing noun: the sexual harassment of men by women.

Noun

Adam-teasing (uncountable)

  1. (India, Pakistan, South-Asia, rare) The sexual harassment of men by women.
    • There may even be a report on 'Eve-teasing' (sexual harassment of women), but nothing on Adam-teasing.2002, Lonely Planet Publications, Delhi, 3rd edition, page 52
    • They ignored men outside the premises of the school, but within its protective precincts they indulged in a bit of Adam-teasing.2006, Prabhaker Acharya, The Suragi Tree, page 208

Antonyms of Adam-teasing

Questions about Adam-teasing

What does Adam-teasing mean?
Adam-teasing means the sexual harassment of men by women.
What part of speech is Adam-teasing?
Adam-teasing is a noun.

Words near Adam-teasing in the dictionary

  1. Adam's needles
  2. Adam's Peak
  3. Adam's wine
  4. Adam-and-Eve
  5. Adam-ondi-Ahman
  6. Adam-teasing
  7. Adama
  8. adamalysin
  9. adamalysins
  10. Adamana
  11. adamance

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