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noun

Teaser n.

One who teases or vexes.

(Zool.) A jager gull. (Prov. Eng.)

(Elec.) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.

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Etymology of 'Teaser'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Teaser" Quotes from Famous Books

... he begged me to carry him to the Duchess of Hamilton, to beg her pardon again. I did on purpose to see how the blunderbuss behaved himself; but I begged the Duchess to use him mercifully, for she is the devil of a teaser. The good of it is, she ought to beg his pardon, for he meant no harm; yet she would not allow him to put in an advertisement to clear himself from hers, though hers was all a lie. He appealed to me, and I gravely gave it against him. I was at Court to-day, and the foreign Ministers have got ...

— The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift

... easy enough to play under all ordinary circumstances, but a "teaser" when tremendous issues are at stake, has defeated one of the Etonians. The last man runs towards the pitch through a perfect ...

— The Hill - A Romance of Friendship • Horace Annesley Vachell

... they were frivolous, but like most other lads in the army, they had grown into the habit of teasing one another, which was often a relief to teaser ...

— The Sword of Antietam • Joseph A. Altsheler

... chewed gum as he entered the box and faced little McDornick, champion base runner of the Camdens. McDornick was palpitating with eagerness to hit the ball. He hated to let the first one pass, although Dayguild sent in a wide teaser. He went for the second one, and hammered it out for two bags, although with an ordinary runner it would have been no ...

— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish

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