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//ˈtiːzɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 One who teases or pokes fun.
- 2 a device for teasing wool wordnet
- 3 A person or thing that teases.
- 4 a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings wordnet
- 5 A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
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- 6 an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show wordnet
- 7 A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- 8 a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution wordnet
- 9 A kind of gull, the jaeger UK, dialectal
- 10 an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest wordnet
- 11 A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- 12 someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) wordnet
- 13 The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- 14 a worker who teases wool wordnet
- 15 A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- 16 An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall. UK
- 17 One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
"A whore keeps her promises. A teaser only promises."
- 18 A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- 19 A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
Etymology
From tease + -er.
See also for "teaser"
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