teaser
The nearly impossible puzzle your math teacher gives for extra credit can be called a teaser — a tricky problem to solve.
A mystifying problem is one kind of teaser — another is a person who loves to tease. Your nose-grabbing, practical joking uncle is a teaser, especially if he enjoys gently mocking or making fun of you. Yet another teaser is the kind that opens a TV show — sort of a sneak preview of the story to come. This is closest to the original meaning of teaser, from 1934, "an introductory advertisement or sample."
Definitions of teaser
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an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
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type of:
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ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing
a public promotion of some product or service
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ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing
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an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
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opening
the initial part of the introduction
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opening
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someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
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persona non grata, unwelcome person
a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
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persona non grata, unwelcome person
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a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
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types:
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sudoku
a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number
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acrostic, word square
a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
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problem
a question raised for consideration or solution
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sudoku
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a worker who teases wool
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worker
a person who works at a specific occupation
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worker
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a device for teasing wool“a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers”
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device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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device
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a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
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