teaser

Nouns

  • (n) a worker who teases wool
  • (n) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) annoyer, tease, vexer,
  • (n) an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
  • (n) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
    • he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
    • that's a real puzzler
    mystifier, puzzle, puzzler,
  • (n) an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
  • (n) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings tormenter, tormentor,
  • (n) a device for teasing wool
    • a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers

Synonyms

annoyer tease vexer mystifier puzzle puzzler tormenter tormentor

Words of close approximity

teased teasel
tease
teased teasel teasle