teaser

/tˈizɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

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
“he loved to solve chessmate puzzles”
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”

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