teaser
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See also: Teaser
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
teaser (plural teasers)
- One who teases or pokes fun.
- Synonym: tease
- (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (television) A brief portion of a television episode 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.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger[1]
- (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.[2]
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → German: Teaser
Translations
a person or thing that teases
preview of a product
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References
- “teaser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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