Reverse Dictionary: TE – TEB

TEA – ADJECTIVES
– of tea: half-cold, insipid • SAMMY Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– of tea: undiluted • BARE 1847 Amer. dial.
– of tea: undiluted • BAREFOOT 1847 Amer. dial.
– of tea: undiluted • BAREFOOTED 1847 Amer. dial.
– of tea: with milk or cream • WITH SOCKS ON 1940 Amer. dial.
– said of weak tea  • WATER BEWITCHED AND TEA BEGRUDGED 1840 Amer. dial.
 
TEA – NOUNS
– a cup of tea • A DISH OF TEA 1897 Sc.
– a cup of tea • A PITCHER OF TEA 1899 Sc.
– a cup of tea • CHINAMAN 1895 Amer. sl., usually offensive
– a cup of tea • CUPPA 1934 Brit. colloq.
– a cup of tea • MIKE 1940s Aust. sl.
– a cup of tea, as served at a lunch counter • CHINA 1967 Amer. sl.
– a drink made of tea laced with whisky • IRISH TEA 1967 Amer. dial.
– a glass of iced tea • COLD SPOT 1967 US sl.
– a much adulterated green tea used in the bush • JACK-THE-PAINTER 1852 Aust. sl.
– an early morning cup of tea served to troops before going on first parade, esp. one laced with rum • GUNFIRE 1912 army sl.
– a quantity of tea from 75 to 100 lbs. weight • CANISTER 1704 obs.
– a stir given to the teapot to improve poor tea • MANTY-MAKER’S STIR Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a tea-kettle • NERRY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a tea made in the bush; a tin quart of water is set down by the fire, and when it is boiling hard, a handful of tea is thrown in • QUART-POT TEA 1878 Aust. 
– a tea party • BUN-FIGHT 1928 sl.
– a tea-party • MUFFIN-FIGHT c1885 Brit. sl.
– a tea-party • MUFFIN-WORRY c1860 Brit. sl.
– a tea party • TEA-FIGHT 1849 sl.
– a tea party at which substantial food is provided • TEA-AND-EATING 1891 Sc.
– a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison • BUN-STRUGGLE 1889 sl., orig. military usage
– a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison • BUN-WORRY 1911 sl., orig. military usage
– a teapot • MASKING POT 1786 Sc.
– a tin or can in which tea is made • DRUM 1931 sl.
– a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea • JACK-SHAY 1881 Aust.
– a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea • JACKSHEA 1890 Aust.
– a weak, watery portion; said of tea • BLIB Bk1911 Sc.
– brown sugar mixed with cold tea to make a thick paste • WHALER’S DELIGHT 1900s Aust. sl.
– bubbles in a cup of tea • MONEY c1870 colloq.
– cold tea • SNOW-BROTH L19 sl.
– cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea • SEASONING 1897 Amer. dial.
– iced tea • COLD ENGLISH Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– iced tea • ENGLISH WINTER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– smuggled tea • OLD GOWN M19 sl.
– strong sweet tea • SERGEANT-MAJOR(‘S) 1925 Brit. military sl.
– strong tea • SHEEP DIP 1979 Amer. lumberjacks’ usage
– tea • ACKAMARACKER  • ACKAMARAKA  • ACKERMARACKER 1920s sl.
– tea • BITCH 1824 Eng. dial.
– tea • BOILED LEAVES Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tea • CHA 1658.
– tea • CHAR 1919 Brit. sl.
– tea • CHATTER-BROTH L18 sl.
– tea • DARREL LEA 1980s Aust. prison sl.
– tea • ENGLISH Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tea • GRUNTING PECK 1923 sl.
– tea • GRUTS c1810 colloq.
– tea • GYPSIE LEE 1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
– tea • JUNGLE JUICE 1950s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
– tea • NANCY LEE 1960 Brit. rhyming sl.
– tea • NUX Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tea • OIL c1930 army sl.
– tea • PRATTLE-BROTH L18 sl.
– tea • ROSIE (LEE)  • ROSY (LEE) 1925 Brit. rhyming sl.
– tea • SAILORS (ON THE SEA) 1961 UK rhyming sl.
– tea • SCALD 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– tea • SCALDER L19 sl.
– tea • SCANDAL-BROTH L18 sl.
– tea • SCANDAL-POTION 1786 Sc.
– tea • SCANDAL-SOUP L18 sl.
– tea • SCANDAL-WATER L18 sl.
– tea • SLUSH 1988 Sc. sl.
– tea • SPLASH 1960 Brit. sl.
– tea • SPLIT PEA 1857 rhyming sl.
– tea • TANCY LEE 20C rhyming sl.
– tea; a meal or snack at which tea is served • CHI  • CHY 1866 Amer. dial.
– tea and a bun in canteen, YMCA, or Church Army hut • CAP AND WAD 1910s World War I services’ sl.
– tea and buns • CHAR AND WADS .L19 sl. obs.
– tea, esp. a poor quality cup of tea • RIVER LEA 1859 UK rhyming sl.
– tea given sparingly, weak tea • TEA BEGRUDGED 1885 Eng. dial.
– tea laced with rum • RUSSIAN TEA 1930
– tea leaves • DANKS 1893 Eng. dial.
– tea with rum • SERGEANT-MAJOR(‘S) 1925 Brit. military sl.
– tea with spirits in it • TEA-ROYAL B1900 Eng. dial.
– the making of tea • BREW-UP 1944 sl.
– the quantity or amount made at one time; said of tea • MAKING 1773 Sc.
– weak tea • BILLY CALL FATHER Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– weak tea • CAT-BLASH 19C Eng. dial.
– weak tea • DISHWATER Bk1942 Amer. dial.
– weak tea • DITCHWATER 1965 Amer. dial.
– weak tea • JABBLE 1790 Sc.
– weak tea • MAID’S WATER L19 Aust. sl.
– weak tea • MISERABLE M19 sl.
– weak tea • SKILLY 1927 sl.
– weak tea • WATER BEWITCHED L17 sl.
– weak tea. • WACK-ROWDY-DOW 1895 Eng. dial.
– weak tea; i.e. a drink that has ‘no body’ • ARMS AND LEGS L19 Eng. sl.
 
TEA – NOUNS, PERSON
– a man who frequents tea parties • TEA-GUZZLER 1917 US sl.
– a man who frequents tea parties; a ladies’ man; a womanizer • TEA-HOUND 1915
– a merchant who deals in tea; a tea-dealer • TEA-MAN 1837
– a person who attends a tea party, and by implication dislikes alcohol • TEA-FIGHTER 1885 Aust. sl.
– a person who drinks an excessive amount of tea • TEAPOT 1893 US sl.
– a person who habitually drinks tea to such excess as to suffer from its toxic effects • TEA-DRUNKARD Bk1919
– a person who is addicted to drinking tea • TEA-MAN 1905 Sc.
– a person who is addicted to drinking tea, male or female • TEA-JENNY 1953 Sc.
– a person who takes tea • TEAER 1891
– a pupil in the tea-planting trade, esp. in Ceylon • CREEPER 1893
– a tea-drinker • TEA-HAND 1896 Sc.
 
TEA – PHRASES
– the tea is ready • THE TEA IS FIT B1900 Eng. dial.
– the tea is ready • THE TEA IS LIKE  B1900 Eng. dial.
 
TEA – VERBS
– to add cream or sugar to tea • SEASON 1967 Amer. dial.
– to add milk to tea • MILK 1877 Eng. dial.
– to have tea; ‘to squeeze the pot’ • THROTTLE THE TEAPOT 1884 Eng. dial.
– to infuse tea • MASH 1845 Eng. dial.
– to infuse tea • MASK 1814 Sc.
– to make a cup of tea • BOIL THE BILLY 1839 Aust. sl.
– to make tea • BREW UP 1916 sl.
– to make tea • SCALD 20C Irish sl.
– to make tea in a billy-can, etc. • DRUM UP 1923 sl.
– to refresh or invigorate a person without causing drunkenness; said of tea • CHEER BUT NOT INEBRIATE 1744
– to warm or season it before putting in the tea; said of a teapot • BEAM 1825 Sc.

TEACH, TEACHER, TEACHING – ADJECTIVES
– acquired by teaching oneself; self-taught • AUTODIDACTIC 1847
– devoted to the learning of useful matters; teaching what is useful • CHRESTOMATHIC 1819
 
TEACH etc. – NOUNS
– devotion to or aptitude for teaching • DIDACTICITY 1848 rare
– teaching, instruction • KENNING c1320 obs.
– teaching, instruction • LERING a1300 obs.
– teaching, instruction • LORING 1596 obs.
– teaching, schooling • LEARNING c1380 obs.
– the science or art of teaching • DIDACTICS 1660
– the science or art of teaching • DIDASCALICS a1846
 
TEACH etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a difficult teacher • BUMMER Bk1970 US students’ sl. 
– a distinguished teacher • GAMALIEL 19C sl.
– a female schoolteacher • OLD HELLION 1965 Amer. dial. 
– a female teacher • EDUCATRESS 1805
– a female teacher • TEACHERESS 1382
– a female teacher, tutor; a woman who is the head of a school • PRECEPTRESS 1712
– a headmaster • NANA 1960s sl.
– a headmaster • THE OLD MAN E19 sl., orig. US
– a male schoolteacher • MAN c1895 Sc.
– a male teacher, a professor • FESS 1930 Amer. dial.
– a male teacher, a professor • FESSOR 1908 Amer. dial.
– a male teacher at a school or college in charge of physical education • GAME-MASTER 1904 obs.
– a master who teaches young people • YOUTH-MASTER 1550 obs.
– an assistant teacher • USHER 1711 US 
– an assistant teacher; an usher in a school • JANITOR 1584 obs.
– an easy teacher • DOGWOOD Bk1970 US students’ sl. 
– an easy teacher • KITTY Bk1970 US students’ sl. 
– an easy teacher • SAIL BY Bk1970 US students’ sl. 
– an inferior teacher of writing or arithmetic • DOT-AND-GO-ONE 1788 Brit.  obs. rare
– an under-teacher; an assistant to a schoolmaster or head-teacher • HYPODIDASCAL 1625 obs.
– an unsociable teacher • CRAB Bk1934 college sl.
– a person who teaches or instructs; an instructor; also, one whose function is to give instruction, esp. in a school • TEACHER a1300
– a public school teacher • LITERARY TEACHER 1966 Amer. dial.
– a school mistress • SCHOOL-MA’AM Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– a schoolmaster • BEAK 1888 schoolboys’ sl.
– a schoolmaster • DOMINIE 17C Sc.
– a schoolmaster • HABERDASHER 1828 Eng. dial.
– a schoolmaster • NIP-LUG 1880 Sc., nickname
– a schoolmaster • SCHOOL-GAFFER 1901 Eng. dial.
– a schoolmaster • WAG-TAWSE 1859 Sc., jocular usage
– a schoolmaster • WHIP-ARSE 1611 obs.
– a schoolmaster; an instructor; one whose conduct has influenced others • LAIR-FATHER 1684 Eng. dial.
– a schoolmaster; a tutor • HABERDASHER OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS L17 sl.
– a schoolmaster; a tutor • HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS L17 sl.
– a schoolmaster, a wielder of the ‘tawse” • TAWSE-SWASHER 1885 Sc. 
– a schoolmaster, one who ‘tickles the tail’ • TICKLE-TAIL 1785 sl.
– a schoolmaster or tutor; a pedantic teacher; one who instructs in Latin grammar • GERUND-GRINDER 1710 
– a schoolmaster or tutor; spec. a pedantic pedagogue • VERB-GRINDER 1809 UK sl. 
– a schoolteacher • ALPHABET SLINGER 1969 Amer. dial.
– a schoolteacher • BETTY 1967 Amer. dial.
– a schoolteacher • GUZINTER 1940s Aust. sl.
– a schoolteacher • LEARNING-SHOVER 1869 Cockneys’ sl.
– a schoolteacher • RAMROD 1936 Amer. dial.
– a schoolteacher • WARDEN 1954 US teen sl.
– a schoolteacher • WISDOM-BRINGER Bk1936 US cowboy usage 
– a strict teacher • PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA Bk1942 US sl.
– a subordinate instructor; in schools, a master or teacher below the headmaster • UNDERMASTER 1388 
– a teacher • CHALKIE  • CHALKY 1945 Aust. sl. 
– a teacher • LAREW c900 obs.
– a teacher • LEARNER 1382 obs.
– a teacher • LERER a1300 obs.
– a teacher • SCHOOLEY  • SCHOOLIE 1889 Aust. & Eng. sl.
– a teacher • TEACH 1958 sl.
– a teacher, a clever person • BB’s 1986 US sl. (Big Brains)
– a teacher, an instructor • LORESMAN 1377 obs.
– a teacher, an instructor • LORTHEW c1160 obs.
– a teacher, an instructor, a tutor; the head of a school • PRECEPTOR 1400
– a teacher, esp. a strict or pedantic one • BAJULUS Bk1922
– a teacher in a school, a schoolmaster; also, a professional teacher of some special subject, as an art or a language • MASTER c888
– a teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster • PÆDAGOGUE 1387
– a teacher’s assistant who helps with the less-skilled tasks a teacher is called upon to do, such as helping children with their coats, etc. • TEACHER’S AID 1956 
– the mistress of a private elementary school for children, usually an old woman or widow • DAME a1649 now nearly obs.
 
TEACH etc. – PHRASES
– hard to teach • ILL TO LEARN Bk1905 N. Ireland
 
TEACH etc. – VERBS
– to teach • AMAISTER 1876 Eng. dial. obs.
– to teach • EDOCEATE 1623 obs.
– to teach • LAIR  • LARE 1838 Eng. dial.
– to teach • LEARN 14C
– to teach • TAKE FORTH 1549 obs.
– to teach • TAKE OUT 1642 obs.
– to teach one something; to impart the knowledge of a thing • KEN a1225 obs.
– to teach something • SHOW HOW THE BEAR CAME OUT OF THE BUCKWHEAT 1917 Amer. dial.
– to teach something • SHOW HOW THE BEAR CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS 1917 Amer. dial.
– to teach thoroughly, to train • EDOCTRINATE 1625 obs. rare
– to teach, to demonstrate, to impart information • COMMONSTRATE 1623 obs.
– to teach, to discipline, to train • DISCIPLINATE a1586 obs.
– to teach; to give instruction to a person • LERE c900 obs.
– to teach, to instruct • BETEACH a1300 obs.
– to teach, to instruct • LEAR 1721 Sc.
– to teach, to instruct • SKILL a1813 rare
– to teach, to instruct, to educate • ERUDIATE B1895 obs.
– to teach, to instruct; to give a lesson or lessons to • LESSON 1555
– to teach, to show • TENT 1882 Eng. dial.

TEACUP – NOUNS
– a teacup, esp. an old-fashioned one made without a handle • TEA-DISH 1868 Eng. dial.

TEAM – NOUNS
– a team or gang; a company of people; an organization, an ‘outfit’; a crowd • LAYOUT 1867 Amer. dial.

TEAM – NOUNS, PERSON
– a member of a team or group • TEAMER 1934
– a member of a team or group • TEAMMAN 1954
– a member of a team who thinks of himself more than the team • I-GUY 1997 US sl.

TEAR, TEARING – NOUNS
– an angular tear or rent in cloth • CAG  • KAG 1870 Eng. dial.
– an L-shaped tear in cloth • EAGLE-HAWK 1966 Amer. dial.
– a tear, a flaw • WAIME Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a tear, a rent • RANT Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a tear, a rent • REAM Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– a tear, a rent • REEF Bk1904 N. Ireland
– a tear, a rent; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending • SCREED 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a tear, a rent; a scratch • SCRIT 1892 Sc.
– a tear in a garment caused by catching it on some projecting object • HATCH Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– a tear in a piece of cloth, such as would be made by a stump of a branch • SKEG 1839 Eng. dial.
– a tear in clothes • TRAPPATCH Bk1896 Amer. dial.
– a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut • WINKLE-HAWK 1848 Amer. dial.
– a tear or flaw, usually in fabric • BRACK 1816 Amer. dial.
– a tear or rip in a piece of clothing • NAGELHAWK 1951 Amer. dial.
– a tearing, a rending; a scolding match among women, when violence may go to the length of tearing or ‘screeding’ the cap • SCREEDING Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– a tearing like a butcher • LANIATION 1623 obs.
– a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp • CALF TAIL 1968 Amer. dial.
– a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp • JAG 1967 Amer. dial.
– a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp • NUMBER SEVEN  • SEVEN 1968 Amer. dial.
– a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut • EAGLE-HAWK 1967 Amer. dial.
– a triangular tear in a piece of cloth • BARN DOOR 1865 Amer. dial.
– a triangular tear in cloth • TRAP-DOOR 1890 Amer. dial.
– a triangular tear in cloth • TRAP-HATCH 1890 Amer. dial.
– fringe-like projections from an old torn garment • TARTLES 1892 Sc.
 
TEAR etc. – VERBS
– to make ragged or uneven by tearing or cutting • JAG 1568
– to tear • SCREEDGE Bk1904 Sc. obs.
– to tear and pull about • TARYLUG Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tear and snatch; to waste, destroy property • RAP AND REND Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tear apart, to mangle • SALIVATE 1936 Amer. dial.
– to tear apart; to pluck off or out • DECERP 1531 obs.
– to tear a thing by catching it on something • HATCH Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– to tear, break, or cut into fragments; to shred • MAMMOCK 1520 Eng. dial.
– to tear clothes or the like • TO-BREAK c1200 obs.
– to tear in pieces • RATCH 1781
– to tear in pieces • TEAR TO MAMMOCKS 1804 Eng. dial.
– to tear in pieces; to lacerate • LANIATE 1721 rare
– to tear in pieces; to make ragged, to tear in a ragged manner • RAG c1440 obs.
– to tear into pieces; to mangle; to beat severely, to maul • MOMOX 1867 Amer. dial.
– to tear into rags; to beat about • RAGGET Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tear jaggedly or as with a snag • SKEG 1890 Eng. dial.
– to tear off, to pull down violently; to maul about • SCRAM  • SCRAMB 1892 Eng. dial.
– to tear or break into pieces or fragments • FRITTER 1780
– to tear or mangle • CONVEL 1638 obs.
– to tear or pull apart; to separate by force; to break up • RACK 1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to tear or pull asunder or in pieces; to cause to shrink • HALE a1300 obs.
– to tear or pull to pieces; to pull apart, to wrench asunder • TO-LOUK  • TO-LUKE c890 obs.
– to tear or rend badly • BEREND 1582
– to tear or rip skin or cloth so as to leave a shred or strip hanging loose • LAB 1958 Sc.
– to tear or scratch with something sharp; to cut or slash  • RACE c1440 obs. exc. techn.
– to tear or scratch with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing • RASE c1400 obs.
– to tear something or someone apart • DILACERATE 1604
– to tear, split, or burst, as a seam, etc.; to unravel • SPRET 1832 Sc.
– to tear, to break or cut into pieces; to crumble • MOMMOCK  • MUMMOCK 1853 Eng. dial.
– to tear, to break; to split wood • REEVE 1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to tear, to cut • SHARK 1611 obs. rare
– to tear, to cut, to scratch • RANCH c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
– to tear, to drag aside • SCRIEVE  • SCRIVE 1865 Sc. & Ireland
– to tear, to go in pieces • RACE a1375 rare
– to tear, to handle roughly; to toss about • TEASE 1892 Sc.
– to tear, to lacerate, to wound physically • HARROW 1633
– to tear to pieces • TO-TOSE a1250 obs.
– to tear to pieces; to pull apart, to draw or drag asunder; to destroy by tearing apart • TO-DRAW c1205 obs.
– to tear, to pierce • LANCINATE 1603 rare
– to tear; to pull asunder; to wrest • RETCH 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to tear, to rend • RATCHET B1900 Eng. dial.
– to tear, to rend • SCREED 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to tear, to rend • SKAIL 1768 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
– to tear, to rend • TAAVE 1972 Sc.
– to tear, to rend; to scratch • SCRIT 1892 Sc.
– to tear, to rend, to tatter • TARTLE 1877 Sc. & Ireland
– to tear, to rent, to pull • RANT 1872 Eng. dial.
– to tear, to rip a seam • SCALE 1768 Sc.
– to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly • CAG  • KAG Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– to tear, to scratch • BESCRAMBLE 1598 obs. rare
– to tear; to scratch; to cut • RAISE c1475 obs.
– to tear, to snatch, to pluck; to pull suddenly or sharply • RAMP 1567 obs.
– to tear, to split open • REAM Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– to tear, to tear at, to pluck • TIRE c1374 obs. rare
– to tear up; to munch, to gnaw • RAUNCH 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to tear up; to pull; to rout out, to disturb • RAVE 1889 Eng. dial.

TEARDROP, TEARFUL, TEARS – ADJECTIVES
– befouled with tears; disfigured by blubbering • BEBLUBBERED 1583
– big with tears, with tears ready to fall • LACHRYMABUND 1727 obs.
– disposed to tears; dispirited • MOODY-HEARTED 1867 Eng. dial.
– drowned in tears; marked or disfigured by weeping • BEWEPT c1320 arch.
– easily moved to tears • FLUENT-TEARED 1899 Eng. dial.
– emotionally tearful or distraught • IN BITS 1999 UK sl.
– filled with tears; said of the eyes • LIQUID 1598
– given or ready to shed tears • LACHRYMOUS 1866 rare
– given or ready to shed tears; of the eyes: suffused with tears • LACHRYMOSE 1727
– given to tears; weeping; crying • LARMOYANT 1824
– having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful • ONION-EYED 1606
– inclined to shed tears; tearful • GREETY c1350 obs. rare
– meet for tears or weeping • LACHRYMABLE  • LACRYMABLE 1490 obs.
– mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping • COLLACHRYMATE 1593 obs. rare
– moist with tears; said of the eyes • VAPOROUS 1583 obs.
– on the verge of tears • BLIRT Bk1911 Sc.
– pert. to tears • LACHRYMARY 1705
– pert. to tears; indicative of weeping • LACHRYMAL 1803
– pert. to tears; tending to cause a flow of tears • LACHRYMATORY a1849
– producing or causing tears, like a ‘tear-jerker’ screenplay • DACRYOPOETIC 18C
– resembling a tear or tears • LACHRYMAL 1607 nonce use
– shedding tears; tearful; said of the eyes • RAINY 1563
– tearful; expressive of mourning • LACHRYMABLE  • LACRYMABLE 1609 obs.
– tearful; mournful • GULPY Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tearful, mournful • LACHRYMENTAL 1625 obs. rare
– tearful. mournful • PIPEY Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tearful; mournful • SOBBY Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tearful; mournful • SOFT Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– tearful, mournful; depressed, denoting tearfulness • WEEPY 1863
– tear-stained, disfigured with weeping • BEGRAT Bk1911 Sc.
– tear-stained, disfigured with weeping • BEGRATTEN Bk1911 Sc.
– tear-stained, disfigured with weeping • BEGRITTEN 1776 Sc.
– tear-stained, disfigured with weeping • BEGRUTTEN 1776 Sc.
– tear-stained, disfigured with weeping • BLUBBERT  • BLUBBIT Bk1911 Sc.
– tear-stained, swollen with weeping • BLIRTED Bk1911 Sc.
 
TEARFUL etc. – NOUNS
– a flood of tears • GUSH 1712
– a flow of tears • EYE-STREAM 1591 rare
– an outpouring or flood of tears • SHOWER 1449
– a tear • BLEE 19C Eng. dial. obs.
– a teardrop • TEAR-BLOB 1810 Sc.
– shedding of tears • EFFUSION a1500 obs.
– tears • EYE-BRINE 1606 obs.
– tears • EYE-WATER 1591
– tears • HEAT-DROPS 1663
– tears • NEW RIVER HEAD L18 sl.
– tears • PEARLINGS 1868 Sc.
– tears • SALT WATER c1400 humorous usage
– tears or their traces • BLEARS Bk1911 Sc.
– tears produced by vexation or affliction • SAP Bk1904 Sc.
– tears, the moisture of grief or sorrow • SAP 1825 Sc.
– the shedding of tears; weeping • LACHRYMATION 1572
– the tears of a man who is beaten by his wife • CAINSHAM SMOKE L17 sl.
 
TEARFUL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person addicted to tears; a weeper • LACHRYMIST 1620
 
TEARFUL etc. – VERBS
– to burst into tears, probably insincerely • WORK THE TEAR-PUMP L19 sl.
– to burst into tears; to weep • BLIRT Bk1911 Sc.
– to fall in pattering drops, esp. of tears • RAP 1508 Sc.
– to fall like rain; said of tears • RAIN c1374
– to flow; said of tears • SILE c1400 obs.
– to make the eyes water; to bedim the eyes, as with tears • BLEER Bk1911 Sc.
– to shed in the form of tears • ELACRYMATE 1657 obs. rare
– to shed or ‘turn on’ tears • LAY IN 1809
– to shed tears • DROP a1340
– to shed tears • GREET c725
– to shed tears • LET FALL 1816
– to shed tears • VENT 1760 obs. rare
– to shed tears • VENT OUT 1632 obs. rare
– to shed tears • YET a900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to shed tears copiously • RAIN 1588
– to shed tears; to bring tears to the eyes • RUMATIZE 1613 obs.
– to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel • BIBBLE 19C Eng. dial.
– to shed tears, to lament, to weep • LACHRYMATE 1623 obs.
– to shed tears, to wail; also, to lament • PLORE 1373 obs. rare
– to shed tears; to weep • SHOWER 1597 obs.
– to shed tears, to weep • TEAR 1810 Sc.
– to shed tears; to weep; to cry • WATER ONE’S PLANTS 1542 jocular usage, obs.
– to suffuse with tears • BETEAR 1580 obs.
– to trickle, to roll down, as tears • HAPPLE 1791 Sc.

TEAR GAS – NOUNS
– tear gas • EYEWASH 1992 US sl.

TEASE, TEASED, TEASING, TEASINGLY – ADJECTIVES
– given to teasing, pestering, mischievous • PESTEROUS 1806 Amer. dial.
– sorely teased or vexed • DIDDLECOME 1869 Eng. dial.
– teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude • HALLOCKING Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– teasing, provoking • AT IT 1920s sl.
– teasing, provoking • SANKLIN 1921 Sc.
– teasing, provoking to anger • HECKLING 1893 Sc.
– teasing, troublesome • TAISEY  • TEASY  • TEAZY 1901 Eng. dial.
– teasing, troublesome, worrying, annoying • CADDLING Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
TEASE etc. – ADVERBS
– teasingly, tauntingly; by way of censure or reproach, esp. of a light or good-humoured kind • TWITTINGLY 1638
 
TEASE etc. – NOUNS
– a notional science of teasing or deceiving • KIDDOLOGY  • KIDOLOGY 1964 Brit. sl.
– a tease; a ‘leg-pull’ • SAUCEPAN LID L19 rhyming sl. for ‘kid’
– a teasing, a taunt; an insult • SOUND 1967 US sl.
– a teasing or perplexing • FASHING Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– a teasing or vexing • TAISLE 1866 Sc.
– a teasing; a scolding • RIGGING 1883 Amer. dial.
– light-hearted teasing, bantering; often as ‘the jolly’ • JOLLY L19 US sl.
– teasing, abuse, talk • RAG M19 sl.
– teasing, an act of teasing • RAGGING 20C sl.
– teasing, bragging, boasting • LIP MUSIC 1992 US sl.
– teasing, chaffing, hoaxing • CODDING M19 sl.
– teasing, mischief, frolicking, roguery, trickery • CODDING 1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– teasing or joking at another’s expense; a ribbing • RUNNING 1833 US colloq.
 
TEASE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a girl who is a tease • BALL BUSTER Bk1989 US college sl. 
– a person who likes to tease • BALL-BREAKER 1975 sl.
– a person who often teases or jokes; one who is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant • WISECRACKER 1923 Amer. sl.
– a person who teases, deceives, or plays with someone’s mind; one who manipulates someone to think and act as one wishes • MINDFUCK 1975 US college sl. 
– a person who teases or badgers another • BADGERER L19
– a person who teases or mocks another; one who plays a trick or hoax • LEG-PULLER 1887
– a person who teases or pesters • WORRIT 1848 Eng. dial.
– a tease • BUSTER 1980s sl.
– a tease • SKAG 1980s sl.
– a tease • TAGUE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a tease, a flirt, a wanton; a light or loose woman • GILL-FLIRT  • GILL-FLURT 1611
– a tease, a hoaxer • PUT-ON ARTIST 1930s US sl.
– a tease; an impatient person • RAGGARD Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a tease, a tormenter • BAITER 1611
– a teaser, a hoaxer • CODDER M19 sl.
– a teasing child • BELTER-WERRITS Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– a teasing child • VEAGUE Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– a teasing, cross person • HANNIER 1775 Eng. dial. obs.
– a teasing, fretful, wearisome child • TEELYTOON B1900 Eng. dial.
– a teasing, playful youth or girl; literally ‘mow the moon’ • MAWMOOIN 1871 Eng. dial.
– a teasing, tiresome child • FEAGUE Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
TEASE etc. – VERBS
– to engage in teasing, goading, and ritualist insults • SIGNIFY 1932 US sl.
– to irritate by teasing • AG(G) 1908 Sc.
– to tease • BULLCORN 1970 Amer. dial.
– to tease • CODDLE 1965 Amer. dial.
– to tease • DEVILMENT 1919 Amer. dial.
– to tease • FOOL AROUND L19 sl.
– to tease • GAFF L19 US sl.
– to tease • JACK AROUND 1960s US students’ sl.
– to tease • JAZZ 1927 Amer. dial.
– to tease • LUGGER 1782 obs.
– to tease • MOCK OUT 1960s US students’ sl.
– to tease • TAFFY L19 US sl.
– to tease • TAKE A PIECE OUT OF 1940s Aust. sl.
– to tease • TAKE THE MICKEY BLISS 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘take the piss’
– to tease • TAKE THE MICK OUT OF 1920s sl.
– to tease • TAKE THE WIZZ 2000s sl.
– to tease amicably, to joke, to sport, to play • GAMMON 1888 Eng. dial.
– to tease an eccentric person • HOAX A QUIZ L18 sl.
– to tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule • RANK 1934 Amer. dial.
– to tease a person; to harass, to insult • RANK OUT 1966 Amer. dial.
– to tease good-naturedly • BLOW SMOKE UP ONE’S LEG 1967 Amer. dial.
– to tease maliciously, to deliberately and persistently annoy someone • NEEDLE 1881 sl.
– to tease or exasperate by delay; to vex or disquiet one • HOLD ONE IN TAMTARY 1710 Sc.
– to tease or rally, esp. a girl about a lover • SCORN 1769 Sc.
– to tease or toy with an opponent or victim, esp. before defeating or destroying them • PUT THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS  • SET THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS Bk1999 
– to tease physically; to play sexually hard to get • PRAT 1930s African-American sl.
– to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick • JOLLY M19 sl.
– to tease someone • BAG ON Bk2006 US sl.
– to tease someone, to fool someone; to take a liberty with someone  PULL SOMEONE’S PLONKER 2000 UK sl.
– to tease someone; to flirt; to insult someone in a semi-formal quasi-friendly competition • SOUND 1959 US sl.
– to tease someone; to lie • JACK Bk1966 US students’ sl.
– to tease someone; to make fun of someone • PULL SOMEONE’S LEG 1888 UK sl.
– to tease someone; to pull someone’s leg • TAKE THE VAMPIRE’S KISS 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘take the piss’
– to tease someone; to pull someone’s leg • TAKE THE VAMPIRES 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘take the piss’ (“take the vampire’s kiss”)
– to tease sportively, to make fun of • LARK 1848 colloq.
– to tease, to abuse • MOLLYHAWK Bk1913 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to annoy • KAIM SOMEBODY’S HEAD BACKWARDS 1721 Sc. (kaim = comb)
– to tease, to annoy, to bother, to harass • DEVIL 1819 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag • EGG 1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– to tease, to annoy. to vex; to pester; to urge, to persuade • TEW 1781 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to answer back, to be cheeky • SASS  • SASS OUT M19 US sl.
– to tease, to attempt to deceive or mislead • SHIT 1934 sl.
– to tease, to baffle, to torment • MAWK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing • RAG ON 1900 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to banter, to trick • RAMP 1980s Black British sl.
– to tease, to banter; to vex, to annoy • FAN 1894 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to be cheeky; to be impertinent to; to answer impudently • SAUCE 1862 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to bully, to take advantage of • BIG-BOY 1967 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to bully; to take advantage of • BOGART 1970 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to call to account; to bother, to annoy; to nag • HETCHEL 1959 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to complain continually; to find fault with • NAGGER 1868 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to confuse, to bamboozle • BUFFALO 1891 Amer. dial.
– to tease; to confuse with false information • BATSHIT 1960s US sl.
– to tease, to deceive someone, to take advantage of • JACK OFF 1960s US sl.
– to tease, to embarrass • PUT ONE UNDER HACK 1952 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to embarrass, to annoy, to disconcert • HACK 1908 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to entice; to entreat • THIG Bk1905 Sc.
– to tease, to excite to anger or violence • TAR(R) Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to express derision or disapproval of • CHI-HIKE  • CHI-IKE 1874 sl. 
– to tease, to fool around; to be deceptive or evasive • SHUCK 1968 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to fool; to hoax • SPOOF 1889 sl.
– to tease, to give one a bad time • KNOCK SAUCEPANS OUT OF ONE 1896 Ireland
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • JERK SOMEONE’S CHAIN 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • JERK SOMEONE’S STRING 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • PULL SOMEONE’S STRING 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • RATTLE SOMEONE’S CHAIN 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • RATTLE SOMEONE’S STRING 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • YANK SOMEONE’S CHAIN 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass; to anger someone • YANK SOMEONE’S STRING 1980s Amer. sl.
– to tease, to harass, to annoy, to torment, to impose on • MOMMOCK 1946 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to harass; to elicit someone’s anger or annoyance, esp. deliberately • PULL SOMEONE’S CHAIN 1962 US sl.
– to tease, to harass, to impose on, to annoy, to torment • MUMMICK 1966 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to harass, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel • HERRY 1860 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to hoax • COD(D) M19 sl.
– to tease, to hoax, esp. good-naturedly; to joke, to fool • JOSH 1852 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to hoax, to engage someone’s attention with the longer term intention of deceiving them • HAVE SOMEONE ON M19 sl.
– to tease, to incite to anger; to nag at • PICK AT THE TURKS 1786 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to incite to anger; to nag at • PICK AT WEST POINT 1884 Amer. dial.
– to tease; to incommode, to encumber • GAFFLE Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to insult, to bully • BAFFLE Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to irritate • MUCK ABOUT M19 sl.
– to tease, to irritate one • PUSH ONE’S KEY 1990s US prison sl.
– to tease, to irritate, to vex • TAISLE 1825 Sc.
– to tease; to jape; to mock • POKE FUN 1840 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to jeer • CHIACK Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– to tease, to jeer; to express derision or disapproval of • CHIACK • CHYACK 1853 Aust. & NZ sl. 
– to tease, to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit • HAWK 1928 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to joke • HACK OFF 1950s US sl.
– to tease, to joke • HACK ABOUT 1950s US sl.
– to tease, to joke • JAUL  • JAWL  • JOL 1970s S. Afr.
– to tease, to joke with • JEFF 1960s US prison sl.
– to tease; to joke with ; to deceive for one’s own gain • PUT ON 1958
– to tease, to kid • SHUCK Bk1970 US sl.
– to tease, to kid around; to fool around • MESS 1966 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to kid, to hoax, to joke with • GIVE THE RIBSTEAK Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to kid, to hoax, to joke with • GIVE THE ROAST BEEF RARE Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to kid, to hoax, to joke with • SMOKE Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to kid, to hoax, to joke with • WHOOF  • WOOF Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to laugh at, to ridicule • MESS WITH 1980s sl.
– to tease, to make a fool of someone • GIVE SOMEONE THE GUY 19C sl.
– to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit • GREEN 1923 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit • GREEN ON   • GREEN OUT 1887 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to make fun of • JOB 1961 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to make fun of • JOREE 1941 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to make fun of • POKE BORAK AT 1882 Aust. & NZ sl.
– to tease, to make fun of • POKE MULLOCK AT 1901 Aust. sl.
– to tease, to make fun of; to trick, to deceive • CHAFF 1872 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to mock • GIVE A PERSON THE BUSINESS 1936
– to tease, to mock • GIVE GYP 1887 orig. Eng. dial.
– to tease, to mock • SNAP 1960s African-American sl.
– to tease, to mock; to attack verbally, to criticize or scold • BUST ON 1961
– to tease, to mock, to make fun of • RIG 1841 colloq.
– to tease, to mock, to make fun of someone or something • GET SOMEONE AT IT 1958 sl.
– to tease, to mock, to make fun of someone or something • HORSE 1901 US sl.
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • RAZZ 1921 sl., orig. US
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • RIB 1930 sl., orig. US
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • ROT 1890 Brit. sl.
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • TAKE THE MICHAEL  • TAKE THE MICHAEL OUT OF 1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • TAKE THE MICKEY  • TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF  • TAKE THE MICKY  • TAKE THE MICKY OUT OF 1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • TAKE THE MIKE  • TAKE THE MIKE OUT OF 1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
– to tease, to mock; to make fun of someone or something • TAKE THE PISS  • TAKE THE PISS OUT OF 1945 Brit. sl.
– to tease, to mock, to ridicule; to taunt • GUY 1854 Amer. sl.
– to tease, to mock, to vex • RIG 1883 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to perplex • TEDDER 1851 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to perplex, to pester, to vex, to harass a person • HAISTER  • HESTER 1818 Sc.
– to tease, to pester • WHITTLE 1834 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to pester; to worry • WERRICK B1900 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to pick on • OUTHANDLE 1968 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to provoke • HIGH-GYVE  • HIGH JIVE 1930s US sl.
– to tease, to provoke • TET 1777 Eng. dial. obs.
– to tease; to provoke to anger • RAIL Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to put someone on; to mislead, to con; to pretend • JIVE 1928 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to rib, to haze • RAWHIDE 1899 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to ridicule • TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– to tease, to ridicule a person • RAILLY 1673 obs.
– to tease, to ridicule, to annoy, to make merry with • PLAY HORSE WITH 1896 US sl.
– to tease, to scold, to play the devil, to make mischief • GIVE OLD HARRY M17 sl.
– to tease, to tantalize • JADE 1906 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to taunt • BANTER Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to taunt • CHECK 1941 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to taunt; to censure, reproach, or upbraid a person • TWIT IN THE TEETH 1530 obs.
– to tease, to taunt; to reproach or upbraid a person • TWITTER 1749 rare
– to tease; to taunt; to worry, to annoy; to find fault with; to domineer over • PECK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to torment • TAG Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– to tease, to torment, to hurt • MIRACLE 1896 Sc.  
– to tease, to torment; to nag • BADGER L18
– to tease, to trick, to deceive deliberately • LEAD DOWN THE GARDEN PATH  • LEAD UP THE GARDEN PATH 1920s sl.
– to tease; to twit • DRAG Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to worry • MAGGLE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry incessantly • MAG Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry, to bully • HALLOCK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry; to harass • HARE 1523 obs.
– to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out • HAGGLE Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– to tease, to worry; to harp on one string • TAN 1874 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry, to importune; to pester or worry with questions, etc.; to persecute • HAKE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry; to importune; to torment, to pain • TERRIFY 1839 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry; to nag at • HAG(G) 1746 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry, to pester, to nag • DING 1899 Amer. dial.
– to tease; to worry; to remind one to do something disagreeable • NAIST Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry, to trouble, to disturb, to annoy • CADDLE 1781 Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry; to trouble, to vex • TEEN B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage • RAG 1806 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.