Associations to the word «Teaser»

Wiktionary

TEASER, noun. One who teases or pokes fun.
TEASER, noun. A person or thing that teases (textile treatment).
TEASER, noun. A short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show.
TEASER, noun. (UK) (dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger.
TEASER, noun. (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
TEASER RATE, noun. (informal) (finance) An initial, relatively low, rate of interest on an adjustable-rate mortgage designed to attract borrowers.

Dictionary definition

TEASER, noun. A worker who teases wool.
TEASER, noun. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
TEASER, noun. An advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest.
TEASER, noun. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler".
TEASER, noun. An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show.
TEASER, noun. A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings.
TEASER, noun. A device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King