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re-teased

re-teased is the simple past and past participle of re-tease.

Meaning of re-tease

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Questions about re-teased

What is re-teased the simple past and past participle of?
Re-teased is the simple past and past participle of re-tease.

Words near re-teased in the dictionary

  1. re-take
  2. re-taken
  3. re-takes
  4. re-taking
  5. re-tease
  6. re-teased
  7. re-teases
  8. re-teasing
  9. re-tip
  10. re-tipped
  11. re-tipping

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