TEASER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teaser mean? 

• TEASER (noun)
  The noun TEASER has 7 senses:

1. a worker who teases wool

2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

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

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

7. a device for teasing wool

  Familiarity information: TEASER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEASER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who teases wool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Derivation:

tease (disentangle and raise the fibers of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

annoyer; tease; teaser; vexer

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

persona non grata; unwelcome person (a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome)

Derivation:

tease (harass with persistent criticism or carping)

tease (mock or make fun of playfully)

tease (annoy persistently)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser

Context example:

that's a real puzzler

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teaser"):

sudoku (a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number)

acrostic; word square (a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

opening (the initial part of the introduction)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

teaser; tormenter; tormentor

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

flat (scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A device for teasing wool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers

Hypernyms ("teaser" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

tease (disentangle and raise the fibers of)