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Definition of Teaser
1. Noun. A worker who teases wool.
2. Noun. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
Generic synonyms: Persona Non Grata, Unwelcome Person
Derivative terms: Annoy, Tease, Tease, Tease, Tease, Tease, Vex
3. Noun. An advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest.
4. Noun. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution. "That's a real puzzler"
Generic synonyms: Problem
Specialized synonyms: Sudoku, Acrostic, Word Square
Derivative terms: Mystify, Puzzle, Puzzle, Puzzle
5. Noun. An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show.
6. Noun. A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings.
7. Noun. A device for teasing wool. "A teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"
Definition of Teaser
1. n. One who teases or vexes.
2. n. A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
Definition of Teaser
1. Noun. A person or thing that teases ¹
2. Noun. A short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show. ¹
3. Noun. (UK dialect) A jager gull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Teaser
1. one that teases [n -S] - See also: teases
Medical Definition of Teaser
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1. One who teases or vexes.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Teaser
Literary usage of Teaser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Advertising Principles by Herbert Francis De Bower (1919)
"teaser copy.—The designation "teaser" is given to a class of advertising whose
full meaning is reserved ... The teaser appeals openly to curiosity. teaser ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1899)
"MF By combining these EMF'S, compound systems of polyphase EMF'S can be produced,
as for instance a three-phase triangle with one side as teaser, ..."
3. The Grant and Validity of British Patents for Inventions by James R. Roberts (1903)
"3 shows a modified method of applying the teaser by wrapping it upon ... 4 shows
another modified form of teaser, where it may he wrapped around the magnet ..."
4. Transactions (1896)
"EJ BERG :—This paper states that the cross-section of the teaser coil was about
the same as that of the main coil. It ought to read one-quarter. ..."
5. Electric Motors, Their Action, Control and Application by Francis Bacon Crocker, Morton Arendt (1910)
"The great economy of the teaser system over armature rheostat control is proved
by the curves in Fig. 48, which represent the currents drawn from the line ..."
6. Electric Motors, Their Action, Control and Application by Francis Bacon Crocker, Morton Arendt (1910)
"The dotted line compared with the solid line shows the reduction in line current
with the teaser, the saving being more than 50 per cent up to about 30 per ..."
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