noun
Meaning 1
One who teases or pokes fun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tease
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
teaser
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈtiːzɚ/
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rhymes with -iːzə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: T IY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person or thing that teases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: video
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of gull, the jaeger
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 6
A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 7
The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
Meaning 9
An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 10
One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 12
A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 13
a device for teasing wool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: device
noun
Meaning 14
a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tormenter, tormentor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flat
noun
Meaning 15
an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opening
noun
Meaning 16
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: puzzle, puzzler, mystifier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: problem
Narrower terms: sudoku, word square, acrostic
noun
Meaning 17
an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert
noun
Meaning 18
someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tease, annoyer, vexer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwelcome person, persona non grata
noun
Meaning 19
a worker who teases wool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tease Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teaser From tease + -er.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: otrava — a person or thing that teases
- Czech: pokušitel — a person or thing that teases
- Czech: škádlil — a person or thing that teases
- Czech: prudič — a person or thing that teases
- Czech: posměváček — a person or thing that teases
- Finnish: kiusaaja — a person or thing that teases
- Finnish: härnääjä — a person or thing that teases
- French: boute-en-train — a person or thing that teases
- Indonesian: penggoda — a person or thing that teases
- Malay: pengusik — a person or thing that teases
- Russian: зади́ра (zadíra) — a person or thing that teases
- Russian: забия́ка (zabijáka) — a person or thing that teases
- Czech: upoutávka — preview of a product
- Finnish: teaseri — preview of a product
- Finnish: härnäke — preview of a product
- French: bande-annonce — preview of a product
- French: teaser — preview of a product
- French: aguiche — preview of a product
- French: accroche — preview of a product
- German: Teaser — preview of a product
- Icelandic: stikla — preview of a product
- Indonesian: cuplikan goda — preview of a product
- Indonesian: pratayang goda — preview of a product
- Italian: anteprima — preview of a product
- Japanese: ティーザー (tīzā) — preview of a product
- Korean: 티저 (tijeo) — preview of a product
- Malay: iklan acah — preview of a product
- Malay: اعلان اچه (i'lan acah) — preview of a product
- Persian: تیزر (tizer) — preview of a product
- Polish: zwiastun — preview of a product
- Polish: zajawka — preview of a product
- Polish: teaser — preview of a product
- Portuguese: teaser — preview of a product
- Portuguese: prévia — preview of a product
- Russian: ти́зер (tízɛr) — preview of a product
- Russian: дразни́лка (draznílka) — preview of a product
- Spanish: avance — preview of a product
- Spanish: adelanto — preview of a product
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