Definitions
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Word origin
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
Used in a sentence
“The beast in the past has done horrible stuff / And his victims were left quite displeased / No one knows what he's so angry about / Maybe once in third grade he was teased”
“Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing.”
“I am myself, the sweetest temper'd man alive, and hate a teasing temper; and so I tell her a hundred Times a day—”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Playfully annoy”5 letters
02“Playfully provoke”5 letters
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