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# teaser

«teaser» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short puzzle or question that makes you think hard…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a teaser, teasers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A teaser is a short puzzle or question that makes you think hard, often called a brain teaser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#m1)

2) A teaser is a short preview, like a clip or advert, that shows a little of something to make you curious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#m2)

3) A teaser can also be a person who teases others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and thinking lessons, brain teasers and riddles train logic. In media, film teasers or teaser trailers give a small look at a new film. In stories, a teaser is someone who playfully or unkindly makes fun of others. Phrases: «brain teaser», «teaser trailer».

### examples

- Here's a brain teaser: what has hands but can't clap? A clock! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#x1)
- Our teacher gives us a maths teaser every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#x2)
- The teaser for the new film was only thirty seconds long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#x3)
- The teaser at the end of the book made me want to read the next one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#x4)
- Logic teasers help you think step by step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#x5)
- Don't be a teaser; stop poking fun at him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/#x6)

### note

Countable noun: tease + -r. A «brain teaser» is a puzzle, not a mean thing. Teasing that hurts is unkind; a friendly teaser is fun. In maths teasers, read every word carefully — they often have a trick.

### In the corpora

- [Making fun of someone's period, accident or body is unkind, and it is the teaser who is in the wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away/15/)
- [Nicknames often fade when the person stops reacting; getting angry usually makes teasers say them more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «teaser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.