teaser

noun

ˈtē-zər How to pronounce teaser (audio)
Definition of teasernext
1
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another the teasers were never satisfied until they had caused their victim to burst into tears

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2
as in nuisance
one who is obnoxiously annoying he was by nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs

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Recent Examples of teaser Starz has also released a first teaser for the new series, which can be seen below. — Matt Minton, Variety, 16 July 2026 See 'The Batman' movie teaser The camera test footage released by Reeves shows Pattinson's Batman slowly turning as dramatic music plays. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 July 2026 As 9to5Google reports, the Spider-Man teaser also appears to include the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Galaxy Z Flip 8, and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 15 July 2026 In the teaser, a lone cello gives way to swelling orchestration as Pascal moves between cavernous stages, recording booths, and the familiar haze of Los Angeles. — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for teaser
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  1. tease
  2. nuisance
  3. annoyance
  4. pest
Noun
  • A number of Reeves’ social media teases have included glimpses of snow.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • What begins as misjudgment, the official synopsis teases, spirals through human conflict into tragedy on a cosmic scale.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
Definition of tease
Noun
  • Kansas City is asking a judge to put control of a vacant former shopping mall that the city calls a nuisance into new hands.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • These tiny insects are a summertime nuisance that prey on people, pets, and wildlife, including birds, leaving behind an aggravating itch that can last for more than a week.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 22 July 2026
Definition of nuisance
Noun
  • Liam Gallagher continued his longtime legacy of talking crap about other artists with his recap of this year’s World Cup halftime show, tweeting out various annoyances that plagued him.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • In recent days, though, broadcasters have predicted the spectacle will cause the regular half-time break to be extended, much to the annoyance of soccer purists.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of annoyance
Noun
  • These functions can be critical in various applications and scenarios, such as inspections, covert surveillance, search-and-rescue operations, disaster monitoring, and agricultural pest tracking.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • While a Tribune analysis of health inspection data found that more than a dozen local restaurants were cited for pest issues over the past month, the CDPH’s food safety inspection team said the findings are relatively routine.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of pest

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“Teaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teaser. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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