Teasing in a sentence as a noun

I think Stanford is teasing out subfields of CS that have this quality, and there sure are many.

Did the designer think it was a way of teasing the inmates with the key to their freedom?

Some programmers, however, seem very prone to teasing it.

Many people believe that the Oregon Health Study is the best chance we have of teasing causation out of the data.

However, most people's attitude is teasing linux on desktop or criticizing it.

Teasing in a sentence as an adjective

The negotiation, then, is just a way of teasing those priorities out effectively and making sure that everybody's needs can be met at once.

Content is available for free after a week or so, but if you're genuinely interested in this stuff the headlines will sit there teasing you and you'll want to subscribe.

Its not unusual for a low income family to have roughly 100% of their income already budgeted and no substantial access to loans, so teasing the family with $57K of "help" at a $60K school is useless if the family can't scrape up $3K extra per year.

It removes the staging area, which also removes one of the more powerful tools in git for teasing apart work into distinct ideas, whether for creating a sensible commit history, or to separate "tangled" work into different branches.

This may be the only legal way of teasing out a response from the other potential bidders without breaking the exclusive negotiation arrangement with Yahoo!.If the other potential buyers indicate somehow that they would pay more, then the Tumblr board may perceive that the right thing to do is to be unreasonable on price so that Yahoo!

Teasing definitions

noun

the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

See also: tease ribbing tantalization

noun

playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"

noun

the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

See also: comb-out

adjective

playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

See also: mocking quizzical

adjective

arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile"

adjective

causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"