teaser

noun

1. 1

   a device for teasing wool

   a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers

2. 2

   a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings

3. 3

   an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show

4. 4

   a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

   he loved to solve chessmate puzzles

   that's a real puzzler

5. 5

   an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest

6. 6

   someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

7. 7

   a worker who teases wool