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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (7)

1. a worker who teases wool;

2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity);
[syn: tease, teaser, 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;
- Example: "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"
- Example: "that's a real puzzler"
[syn: puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser]

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, teaser]

7. a device for teasing wool;
- Example: "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Teaser \Teas"er\, n.
   1. One who teases or vexes.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Elec.) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining
      their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

teaser
    n 1: a worker who teases wool
    2: someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring
       curiosity) [syn: tease, teaser, 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";
       "that's a real puzzler" [syn: puzzle, puzzler,
       mystifier, teaser]
    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,
       teaser]
    7: a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle
       the fibers"