# teaser
## English
### Etymology

From tease +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈtiːzɚ/
* 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.
    Coordinate terms: (film) trailer, preview
* (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
* (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.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* appeteaser
* brainteaser
* clit teaser
* cockteaser
* fire teaser
* geezer teaser
* prickteaser
* teaser rate

#### Descendants

* → German: Teaser

#### Translations
### 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,

### Anagrams

* teares, eaters, Eastre, teresa, Teresa, asteer, saeter, reseat, Teares, aretes, steare, seater, arsete, ratees, Trease, easter, arêtes, Seater, sæter, Easter, earset, Taseer, staree

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English teaser.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti.zɛr/
* Rhymes: -izɛr
* Syllabification: tea‧ser

### Noun

teaser m inan
* (film, marketing, television) teaser (short acting scene preceding the actual lead of a film or television series)
    Synonym: zajawka
* (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)
    Synonyms: pilot, trailer, zwiastun
* (marketing) teaser (message used to advertise a product whose name is not disclosed in that advertisement)
* (marketing) teaser (short document containing the most important information about an investment, presented in a simple way, addressed to a potential investor)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* teaser in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* teaser in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English teaser.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.zeʁ/ [ˈt͡ʃi.zeh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.zeʁ/ [ˈt͡ʃi.zeh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.zeɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.zeʁ/ [ˈt͡ʃi.zeχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.zeɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈti.zɛɾ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -izeʁ, (Portugal) -izɛɾ
* Hyphenation: tea‧ser

### Noun

teaser m (plural teasers)
* teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)

## Spanish
### Noun

teaser m (plural teasers or teaser)
* teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)