teaser

From tease +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtizɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)

teaser (plural teasers)

1. One who teases or pokes fun.

   Synonym: tease

2. (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases.
3. (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.

   Coordinate terms: (film) trailer, preview

4. (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.
5. (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger.
6. (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
7. The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
8. (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.[1]
9. (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.

• brainteaser
• cockteaser
• prickteaser

• → German: Teaser

• Easter, Eastre, Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, sæter, teares, teresa

Unadapted borrowing from English teaser.

teaser m (plural teasers)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)

teaser m (plural teasers or teaser)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)