different between teaser vs teazer

English

Etymology

From tease +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tiz?/
• Rhymes: -i?z?(r)

Noun

teaser (plural teasers)

1. One who teases or pokes fun.

   Synonym: tease

2. (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases.
3. (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.

   Coordinate terms: (film) trailer, preview

4. (television) A brief portion of a television episode shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
5. (Britain, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger.
6. (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
7. The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
8. (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.

Derived terms

• cockteaser
• prickteaser

Descendants

• ? German: Teaser

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Anagrams

• Easter, Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares

Portuguese

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)

Spanish

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers or teaser)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)

English

Etymology 1

Apparently an alteration of teaser, referring to it being lighter than formal punitive instruments.

Noun

teazer (plural teazers)

1. sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy.

Etymology 2

Corrupted from French tiser (“to feed a fire”).

Noun

teazer (plural teazers)

1. The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tomlinson to this entry?)