Back-comb, in a way Crossword Clue

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Back-comb, in a way Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. disentangle and raise the fibers of
2. ruffle (one’s hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
(noun)
1. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BACK (noun)
1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
BACK (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. establish as valid or genuine
BACK (adverb)
1. in or to or toward a past time
2. at or to or toward the back or rear
BACK (adjective)
1. located at or near the back of an animal
2. of an earlier date
COMB (verb)
1. search thoroughly
2. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
COMB (noun)
1. the act of drawing a comb through hair
2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Hint 3: Anagram

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