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English Dictionary: Teaser by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Teaser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
teaser
n
  1. a worker who teases wool
  2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
    Synonym(s): tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer
  3. an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
  4. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
    Synonym(s): puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser
  5. an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
  6. a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
    Synonym(s): tormenter, tormentor, teaser
  7. a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teaser \Teas"er\, n. (Elec.)
      A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their
      magnetism when the main circuit is open.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teaser \Teas"er\, n.
      1. One who teases or vexes.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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