teaser
See also: Teaser
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtizɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)
Noun
teaser (plural teasers)
- One who teases or pokes fun.
- Synonym: tease
- (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (television) A brief portion of a television episode shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger[1]
- (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.[2]
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
Descendants
- → German: Teaser
Translations
a person or thing that teases
preview of a product
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References
- “teaser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- W. P. Bowman and R. H. Ball, Theatre Language: A Diction of Terms in English of the Drama and Stage from Medieval to Modern Times, New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1961, p. 375,
Polish
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti.zɛr/
- Rhymes: -izɛr
- Syllabification: tea‧ser
Noun
teaser m inan
- (film, marketing, television) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (short acting scene preceding the actual lead of a film or television series)
- Synonym: zajawka
- (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)
- (marketing) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (message used to advertise a product whose name is not disclosed in that advertisement)
- (marketing) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (short document containing the most important information about an investment, presented in a simple way, addressed to a potential investor)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Portuguese
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Noun
teaser m (plural teasers)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)
Spanish
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)
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