Meaning of teaser In English

• 0 an article, advertisement, short film, etc. that gives a small amount of information about a subject, product, etc. in order to make people interested in seeing or hearing more about it later:

  • The company has posted another teaser for its event at the Game Developers Conference next week.

  • They ran a 30-second teaser for the upcoming movie.

  • The recording is already up on Spotify and there are teaser ads online.

  • We shall crack down on unfair teasers that downplay permanent higher interest rates and trumpet temporary lower rates.

  • After the teaser rate expires, these loans usually adjust rates upward.

• 1 a problem for which it is hard to find the answer, especially one that people enjoy trying to solve as a game:

  • Here's a teaser for all of you who enjoy a quiz.

• 2 a person who often laughs at other people or says unkind things about them, as a joke or in order to upset them:

  • He went from being such a teaser to being a much nicer person.

• 3 a male animal that is used to encourage a female animal to be ready to mate (= have sex) in order to make it easier for another, especially chosen, male to actually mate with her:

  • The stallion's stand-in is a professional teaser. His job is to test if a visiting mare is "receptive".

  • No teaser dog is needed to excite the bitches - Otto is a natural charmer.

• 4 →  teaser ad

• 5 a product sold at a very low price to encourage people to try it. Its price usually goes up later:

  • The government should ban unfair teasers that encourage people to make risky investments.