teaser (n.)

  1. a worker who teases wool

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

    [ Syn: tease , 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; thats a real puzzler

    [ Syn: puzzle , puzzler , mystifier ]

  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

    [ Syn: tormenter , tormentor ]

  7. a device for teasing wool; a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers'

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