Hook and Tease

Hook

Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.

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Tease and hook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tease" instead a verb "Hook".

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

Tease verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.

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Hook and tease are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hook" instead a verb "Tease".

Nearby Words: teasing, teased, teaser, teasel

friend	hook friend	tease friend
people	hook people	tease people
audience	hook audience	tease audience
way	hook way	tease way
Other words: dog, viewers, players, girls.

Though to be fair to the show, the episode also had Finn and Rachel and Kurt and Blaine, two very popular broken up couples, hook up as well in what was clearly a fan tease, so the show wasn't just using the lesbian hook up for ratings.

Source: Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss
Ship Tease Ron and Hermione, a strange example since we already saw them hook up.

Source: Theatre / A Very Potter Musical
Sequel Hook: Amusingly, the ending and the post-credits scene tease the events of the already-released first film, which takes place after this one chronologically.

Source: Film / Ouija: Origin of Evil

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