tease
v.v. to laugh at someone or make fun of them in a playful or unkind way. You often do this to get a reaction from a friend.
v. to provoke or mock someone playfully or maliciously. Often involves making fun of a person's appearance, actions, or beliefs to elicit a response.
The older boys used to tease him about his glasses.
My sister likes to tease me about my terrible singing whenever I am in the shower.
While some friends tease each other as a sign of affection, it is important to recognize when such behavior crosses the line into genuine harassment.
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object; it can also be used intransitively to describe the general behavior.
he teased to mehe teased meTease is a transitive verb and does not require the preposition 'to' before the person being teased.