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noun
something that arouses interest by giving a brief preview
The studio released a thirty-second teaser for the film.
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From tease + -er. Tease is from Old English tǣsan ('to pull apart, comb wool'), from Proto-Germanic *taisijaną; the modern figurative sense 'to provoke, tantalize' developed later.
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