teaser
- Noun:
- A person who teases: Someone who habitually makes fun of others, mocks them, or playfully stirs their curiosity.
- A difficult problem or puzzle: A particularly baffling or tricky question, riddle, or task that is said to have a correct solution.
- An attention-getting opening: A short, intriguing segment presented at the start of a television show or movie to capture the audience's interest.
- An advertisement offering a free incentive: An ad designed to arouse customer interest by promising something free.
- A worker or device for teasing wool: A person or a tool (like a comb) used to disentangle and prepare wool fibers.
Noun (Person):
- My brother is such a teaser; he always hides my things just to see me look for them.
- Don't be a teaser—just tell me what the surprise is!
Noun (Problem/Puzzle):
- The final question on the quiz was a real teaser; it took me an hour to figure it out.
- Solving that logic puzzle was a satisfying challenge; it was a clever teaser for the mind.
Noun (TV/Movie Opening):
- The teaser for next week's episode revealed a shocking character return.
- Before the main feature, they showed a brief teaser for an upcoming blockbuster.
Noun (Advertisement):
- The company sent out a teaser in the mail, offering a free sample to generate interest in the new product.
Noun (Worker/Tool):
- In the traditional mill, the teaser prepared the raw wool by hand. (Worker)
- She used a teaser to gently separate the matted fibers before spinning. (Tool)
"Teaser campaign": A marketing strategy that uses a series of mysterious or intriguing advertisements to build anticipation for a product launch.
- The film studio began its teaser campaign six months before the movie's release.
"Teaser rate": In finance, an initially low interest rate offered on a loan or credit card for a short introductory period.
- The mortgage had a teaser rate of 2% for the first year, which then increased.
Tease (verb): To make fun of or attempt to provoke playfully; to disentangle fibers.
- He loves to tease his little sister about her favorite pop star.
Teasingly (adverb): In a playful or provocative manner.
- She smiled teasingly as she held out the gift.
- For a person: Trickster, prankster, joker.
- For a problem: Puzzler, brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma.
- For an ad: Come-on, lure, enticement.
Note: "Teaser" is primarily a noun. The related verb "tease" forms phrasal verbs. - Tease out: To separate tangled threads or fibers; to gradually extract information or a solution. - It took a while to tease out the key points from his complicated explanation. (Figurative) - She carefully teased out the knots in the old yarn. (Literal)
- "A real teaser": Used to describe something that is very puzzling or intriguing.
- The mystery novel's ending was a real teaser; I never saw it coming.
- a device for teasing wool
- a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- a worker who teases wool