Entry Word: teaser

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another <asked the teacher to move me to a different desk, as far as possible away from that group of teasers> — see tormentor
2 one who is obnoxiously annoying <he was by a nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs> — see nuisance 1