teaser
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈtiːzər/
- Informal
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- At the party, she was a real teaser, always playfully poking fun at everyone.
Examples
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We've highlighted some of the teasers that we found rather interesting and truly mysterious.
Blog text (28) -
After he verifies that there is no elephant or whatever it was claimed, all the men laugh at him, and his teaser asks, "How could you possibly have thought that there was an elephant?"
Blog text (12) -
Uncle Bud was a teaser; we knew that: "I came first;
Fiction book (1994) -
Bernstein was the ultimate educational teaser.
Academic text (2004) -
I call them the teasers, Palin, Trump, Christy and Perry.
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My brother is such a teaser; he loves to make funny jokes at my expense.
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He enjoys being a teaser, often asking silly questions to get a rise out of his friends.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who often makes fun of others in a playful way
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8.1
A person who tries to annoy others online or in conversation
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8.4
A person who teases or makes fun of others to upset them
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8.8
A person who makes jokes to make others laugh
A person who bothers others by teasing and making fun
Compounds
- Slang
A film or TV show made to please older people using familiar actors and themes from the past
How Teasing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Teaser comes from tease, which came to mean 'to make fun of' or 'to provoke'. So a teaser is someone who jokes with or provokes others, which explains the modern sense.