Flirt vs. Tease

Flirtnoun

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion

Flirtnoun

One who flirts (tries to court).

Flirtnoun

An act of flirting.

Flirtverb

(transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.

Flirtverb

(intransitive) To jeer at; to mock.

Flirtverb

(intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.

Flirtverb

(transitive) To blurt out.

Flirtverb

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.

Flirtverb

(intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.

Flirtadjective

pert; wanton

Flirtverb

To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.

Flirtverb

To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.

Flirtverb

To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.

Flirtverb

To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.

Flirtverb

To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.

Flirtnoun

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.

Flirtnoun

One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.

Flirtadjective

Pert; wanton.

Flirtnoun

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Flirtnoun

playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

Flirtverb

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

Flirtverb

behave carelessly or indifferently;

Flirtverb

behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions

Flirtverb

experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously

Flirtverb

deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty)

Flirtverb

(of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion

Flirtverb

move quickly to and fro with a fluttering motion

Flirtnoun

a person who habitually flirts

Teaseverb

to separate the fibres of a fibrous material

Teaseverb

to comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction

Teaseverb

to back-comb

Teaseverb

(transitive) to poke fun at

Teaseverb

(transitive) to provoke or disturb; to annoy

Teaseverb

(transitive) to manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation

Teaseverb

(transitive) to entice, tempt

Teaseverb

to show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser

Teasenoun

one who teases

Teasenoun

a single act of teasing

Teasenoun

One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.

Teaseverb

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

Teaseverb

To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

Teaseverb

To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

Teaseverb

To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.

Teasenoun

One who teases or plagues.

Teasenoun

someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

Teasenoun

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Teasenoun

the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances;

Teaseverb

annoy persistently;

Teaseverb

harass with persistent criticism or carping;

Teaseverb

to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them;

Teaseverb

tear into pieces;

Teaseverb

raise the nap of (fabrics)

Teaseverb

disentangle and raise the fibers of;

Teaseverb

separate the fibers of;

Teaseverb

mock or make fun of playfully;

Teaseverb

ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

Teaseverb

make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way

Teaseverb

tempt (someone) sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused

Teaseverb

gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands

Teaseverb

find something out from a mass of irrelevant information

Teaseverb

backcomb (hair) in order to make it appear fuller

Teaseverb

comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap.

Teasenoun

a person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly

Teasenoun

a person who tempts someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused

Teasenoun

an act of teasing someone