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noun
Teaser  n.  
1.
One who teases or vexes.
2.
(Zool.) A jager gull. (Prov. Eng.)
3.
(Elec.) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Teaser" Quotes from Famous Books



... N. difficulty; hardness &c adj.; impracticability &c (impossibility) 471; tough work, hard work, uphill work; hard task, Herculean task, Augean task^; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper^, dead lift. dilemma, embarrassment; deadlock; perplexity &c (uncertainty) 475; intricacy; entanglement, complexity &c 59; cross fire; awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus [Lat.], net, meshes, maze; coil &c (convolution) 248; crooked path; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... the river on her trial trip, but intending, nevertheless, to do battle with the strongest ships of the United States navy. Accompanying her were four small Confederate gunboats,—the "Beaufort," the "Yorktown," the "Jamestown," and the "Teaser." Soon rounding out into Hampton Roads, the little squadron caught sight of the Northern fleet at anchor, and made for them. An officer on the "Congress" thus tells the story of the events ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot

... better illustrated by taking, instead of a mood, a person who teases. It is well known that the more we are annoyed, the more our opponent teases; and that the surest and quickest way of freeing ourselves is not to be teased. We can ignore the teaser externally with an internal irritation which he sees as clearly as if we expressed it. We can laugh in such a way that every sound of our own voice proclaims the annoyance we are trying to hide. It is when ...
— As a Matter of Course • Annie Payson Call



Words linked to "Teaser" :   device, advertisement, advertizing, puzzle, sudoku, advertising, puzzler, mystifier, vexer, flat, problem, opening, tormentor, worker, tormenter, colloquialism, advert, unwelcome person, advertizement, tease, persona non grata, word square, ad, brain-teaser



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