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1. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
   - tease, annoyer, vexer, ribber [informal]
    
2. An advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
    
3. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
   "he loved to solve checkmate teasers";
   - puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, riddler
    
4. An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
    
5. A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
   - tormenter, tormentor
    
6. A device for teasing wool
   "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"
    
7. A worker who teases wool

Derived forms: teasers

Type of: ad [informal], advert [Brit], advertisement, advertising, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard], device, flat, opening, persona non grata, problem, unwelcome person, worker

Encyclopedia: Teaser