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teas⋅er

  [tee-zer]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that teases.
2. Theater. a drapery or flat piece across the top of the proscenium arch that masks the flies and that, together with the tormentors, forms a frame for the stage opening.
3. Printing, Journalism. kicker (def. 9).
4. an advertisement that lures customers or clients by offering a bonus, gift, or the like.
5. Television Slang. tease (def. 5).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME teser machine for teasing wool; see tease, -er 1
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kick⋅er

  [kik-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that kicks.
2. Informal.
a. a disadvantageous point or circumstance, usually concealed or unnoticed: The tickets are free, but the kicker is that you have to wait in line for hours to get them.
b. a surprising change or turn of events: The kicker was that their friends knew it before they did.
3. something extra, as an additional cost or gain; an added expense or financial incentive.
4. Draw Poker. a card, usually an ace or face card, held with a pair or three of a kind in the hope of drawing a matching card.
5. (in concrete construction) a low plinth at the base of a column.
6. kickers, Slang. shoes, esp. leisure shoes.
7. Nautical.
a. a small, low-powered outboard motor.
b. an auxiliary engine on a sailing vessel, river steamer, etc.
8. Slang. the alcoholic liquor in a mixed drink.
9. Also called eyebrow, highline, overline, teaser. Printing, Journalism. a short line of copy set in a distinctive type above a headline and intended to call attention to it.
10. Metallurgy. a charge of high-carbon iron that produces a vigorous boil when charged into an open-hearth furnace containing slag and molten metal of lower carbon content.
11. Also called kicker light. Photography. a light source coming from the back and side of a subject and producing a highlight.
Origin:
1565–75; kick + -er 1

tease

  [teez] verb, teased, teas⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
2. to pull apart or separate the adhering fibers of (wool or the like), as in combing or carding; comb or card, as wool; shred.
3. to ruffle (the hair) by holding it at the ends and combing toward the scalp so as to give body to a hairdo.
4. to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; teasel.
5. Also, teaser. Television Slang. a short scene or highlight shown at the beginning of a film or television show to attract the audience's attention.
–verb (used without object)
6. to provoke or disturb a person or animal by importunity or persistent petty annoyances.
–noun
7. a person who teases or annoys.
8. the act of teasing or the state of being teased.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME tesen (v.), OE tǣsan to pull, tear, comb; c. MLG tesen, OHG zeisan to pluck

Related forms:
teas⋅a⋅ble, adjective
teas⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
teas⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. trouble, disturb, vex; harass. See bother.

Antonyms:
1. mollify.
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teas·er   (tē'zər)   
n.  

    1. One that teases, as a device for teasing wool.

    2. One who engages in teasing; a tease.

  2. A puzzling problem.

  3. An advertisement that attracts customers by offering something extra or free.

  4. Slang An attention-getting vignette or highlight presented before the start of a television show.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tease
Pronunciation: 'tEz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: teased; teas·ing
: to tear in pieces;especially : to shred (a tissue or specimen) for microscopic examination
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

tease (tēz)
v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es
To separate the structural parts of a tissue, as with a needle, in order to prepare it for microscopic examination.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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