Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who intentionally arouses a male sexually but chooses not to have sex with him.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun vulgar One who acts so as to sexually arouse a man, but does not provide sexual release.
  • verb vulgar To act so as to sexually arouse a man without providing sexual release.

Etymologies

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From cock +‎ tease.

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Examples

  • This brings the word "cocktease" to new levels, none of which I'd ever planned on ascending nor am I pleased to have done so.

    Gawker 2009

  • This brings the word "cocktease" to new levels, none of which I'd ever planned on ascending nor am I pleased to have done so.

    Gawker 2009

  • The bag of names, it turns out, is a total cocktease, because Heidi only uses it to select one person -- April -- who will choose first for the second team (she picks Mondo).

    Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Smells Like Team Spirit 2010

  • The bag of names, it turns out, is a total cocktease, because Heidi only uses it to select one person -- April -- who will choose first for the second team (she picks Mondo).

    Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Smells Like Team Spirit 2010

  • The phrase ‘philosophical cocktease’ comes to mind …

    “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and sci-fi fans weeped » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • The bag of names, it turns out, is a total cocktease, because Heidi only uses it to select one person -- April -- who will choose first for the second team (she picks Mondo).

    Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Smells Like Team Spirit 2010

  • The next thing Eric Nerhus knew, half his body was inside the shark's mouth, which is kind of gross and also really bad for Eric Nerhus because - as seafaring attack animals go, sharks are pretty much the worst, with the exception of course of the North Pacific Giant Octopus, which is by all accounts a total dick and - under certain circumstances - a major cocktease.

    Dave Hill: Shark Attack! 2009

  • Jon and Q are the only ones with a good relationship that is actually happening and not sounding like a giant cocktease.

    waterdiluted Diary Entry waterdiluted 2005

  • Determined, she managed enough breath to say, “I think I rather like being a cocktease — at least in the specific.”

    The Perfect Lover Laurens, Stephanie 2003

  • Lilly, what do you think now that you know your mother was a cocktease back then?

    IN FIDELITY M.J.ROSE 2001

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  • "I was a cockteaser for Roosterama. I used to enrage the bantams before the big bouts."

    —Firesign Theatre

    September 1, 2008