teaser, n.
(teasers)
(teasers)
a device for teasing wool
<noun.artifact>
teaser
sample sentences
"a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
<noun.artifact>
teaser tormenter tormentor
semantic pointers
hypernym
an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
<noun.communication>
teaser
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
<noun.communication>
mystifier puzzle puzzler teaser
sample sentences
"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles""that's a real puzzler"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
<noun.communication>
teaser
semantic pointers
hypernym
someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
annoyer tease teaser vexer
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a worker who teases wool
<noun.person>
teaser