teaser

Plural: teasers

Noun

• One who teases or a difficult problem.
• a worker who teases wool
• someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
• a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
• an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
• a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
• a device for teasing wool
  • "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"
• One who teases or pokes fun.
• A person or thing that teases.
• A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
• A brief portion of a television episode or video that is 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.
• A kind of gull, the jaeger
• A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
• The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
• A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
• An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
• A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
• A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.

Examples

• The empty rack was a TEASER, challenging me to find a hidden bingo.

Synonyms

annoyer, mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, tease, tormenter, tormentor, vexer