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re-teasing

re-teasing is the present participle and gerund 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-teasing

What is re-teasing the present participle and gerund of?
Re-teasing is the present participle and gerund of re-tease.

Words near re-teasing in the dictionary

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

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