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tee zer

  • n  a worker who teases wool
  • n  someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
  • n  an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
  • n  a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
  • n  an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
  • n  a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
  • n  a device for teasing wool
    a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers

  • But that's just a teaser to Andrew's much darker scheme one that will bring a policeman to inquire about a missing body.
  • Snyder's teaser showed arresting visuals of the giant blue superhero Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup) atomizing some Vietcong, fellow crusaders Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) and Silk .
  • My post Tuesday on the evils of teaser-rate mortgages engendered a lot of comment.
News & Articles

  • Danish Teaser: ‘The Keeper Of Lost Causes’
    Zentropa Productions just released an atmospheric teaser for The Keeper Of Lost Causes , the first installment in its Department Q franchise . Based on the books by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the Danish-language films focus on a chief detective who’s banished to a basement office to run a cold case division. A Royal Affair director Nikolaj Arcel adapted the books for the trilogy. Mikkel Nørgaard ( Klown ...
    June 13, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood
  • Teaser Trailer for 'Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug' Sees Gigantic Dragon and Orlando Bloom's Legolas
    The first teaser video for Peter Jackson's second 'Hobbit' film shows off Bloom as the son of Lee Pace's character Thranduil and Benedict Cumberbatch's titular dragon.
    June 12, 2013 - AceShowbiz
  • ‘Diana’ Teaser Trailer: Naomi Watts Plays the Most Famous Woman in the World
    For a minute-long teaser, the first look at Olivier Hirschbiegel‘s biopic Diana has a surprising amount of footage. What’s even more surprising is how, for the good majority of it, it’s impossible to tell if it’s actually Princess Diana or actress Naomi Watts playing the part. Based on a secret romance the then-most famous woman [...]
    June 12, 2013 - /Film
Quotes

  • Martha Coakley in The Boston - Bay State Banner
    Morgan discovered that New Century was making loans that we allege were designed to fail,Coakley said. "They started with low teaser rates but then they kicked to higher interest rates that borrowers predictably could not afford."
  • Omar Vizquel in Forbes
    Oh my god. It was a teaser,Vizquel said. "Those line drives to left field were just teasing, teasing, teasing. Finally I got a little infield hit up the middle and Schierholtz got the blooper. It was a hard game to win. Hopefully that game...
  • Mark Millar in MTV.com
    There's a basic plot,Millar told MTV News. "The series ends on a teaser for the next one, and the movie ends on that teaser, too."

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