teaser

English

Etymology

tease +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtizɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːzə(r)

Noun

teaser (plural teasers)

1. One who teases or pokes fun.
2. A person or thing that teases (textile treatment).
3. A short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show, usually as a preliminary for its main advertising.
4. (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger.
5. (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
6. The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
7. (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.

Related terms

• cockteaser
• prickteaser

Synonyms

• (one who teases or pokes fun): tease

Translations

a person or thing that teases

• Czech: otrava (cs) m, pokušitel m, škádlil m, prudič (cs) m, posměváček (cs) m
• Finnish: kiusaaja (fi), härnääjä
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• Malay: pengusik
• Russian: зади́ра (ru) m or f (zadíra), забия́ка (ru) m or f (zabijáka)

a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show

• Czech: upoutávka f
• Finnish: (informal) teaseri
• French: bande-annonce (fr) f, teaser (fr) m, aguiche (fr) f
• German: Teaser m
• Icelandic: stikla f
• Italian: anteprima (it)
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• Japanese: ティーザー (tīzā)
• Malay: iklan acah, اعلان اچه (i'lan acah)
• Persian: تیزر (fa) (tizer)
• Portuguese: teaser (pt) m
• Russian: ти́зер (ru) m (tízɛr), дразни́лка (ru) f (draznílka) (colloquial)
• Spanish: avance (es)

Anagrams

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

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Portuguese

Noun

teaser m (plural s)

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

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Spanish

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers or teaser)

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