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teaser (iou)



teaser noun. LME.
[from TEASE verb + -ER1.]
a. A device or machine for teasing wool etc. LME.
b. A person who teases wool etc. L15.
a. A person who makes fun of or bothers others in a teasing way; a tease. M17.
Fast Forward The teaser only gets pay-off if you react.
b. An inferior stallion or ram used to excite mares or ewes before serving by the stud animal. E19.
c. = TEASE noun 2b. colloq. L19.
J. Gardner Sensual in a very obvious way. Herbert..suspected she was a teaser with men.
d. A striptease act; a striptease artist. E20.
a. A thing difficult to tackle or deal with, esp. a difficult question or task. colloq. M18.
C. Mackenzie The Times crossword was rather a teaser this morning.
b. A flogging. arch. slang. M19.
c. Cricket. A ball that is difficult to play. M19.
d. A knotted rope's end. Nautical slang. E20.
e. Theatrical. An overhead border, curtain, etc., suspended across the inside of the proscenium arch so as to conceal the space above the stage from the audience. US. E20.
f. Angling. An object (orig. live bait, now usu. brightly coloured wood or metal) trailed behind a boat to attract fish. E20.
g. A small toy pipe with a coil of paper attached to one end which shoots out when the pipe is blown and then springs back. M20.
Electrical Engineering.
a. The shunt winding of a compound-wound dynamo or motor. Only in L19.
b. The winding or transformer that is connected to the middle of the other transformer in a T-connected system. E20.
An introductory advertisement, esp. an excerpt or sample designed to stimulate interest or curiosity; a trailer for a film; the sequence preceding the credit titles in a television programme. Orig. & chiefly US. M20.
T. Clancy The news show..would contain a teaser..to make people watch it instead of their usual evening TV fare.