| teaser | | |
| n. (person) | 1. teaser | a worker who teases wool. |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| n. (person) | 2. annoyer, tease, teaser, vexer | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). |
| ~ unwelcome person, persona non grata | a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome. |
| n. (communication) | 3. teaser | an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest. |
| ~ ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing | a public promotion of some product or service. |
| n. (communication) | 4. mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution.; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler" |
| ~ problem | a question raised for consideration or solution.; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve" |
| ~ sudoku | a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number. |
| ~ acrostic, word square | a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across. |
| n. (communication) | 5. teaser | an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show. |
| ~ opening | the initial part of the introduction.; "the opening established the basic theme" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. teaser, tormenter, tormentor | a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings. |
| ~ flat | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. teaser | a device for teasing wool.; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers" |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| joke | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line | the point of a joke or humorous story. |
| ~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream | a joke that seems extremely funny. |
| ~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story | an indelicate joke. |
| ~ ethnic joke | a joke at the expense of some ethnic group. |
| ~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good story | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" |
| ~ in-joke | a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people. |
| ~ one-liner | a one-line joke. |
| ~ shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness. |
| ~ sick joke | a joke in bad taste. |
| ~ sight gag, visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie). |
| n. (act) | 2. jest, jocularity, joke | activity characterized by good humor. |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ drollery, waggery | a quaint and amusing jest. |
| ~ leg-pull, leg-pulling | as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true. |
| ~ pleasantry | an agreeable or amusing remark.; "they exchange pleasantries" |
| n. (act) | 3. antic, caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ dirty trick | an unkind or aggressive trick. |
| ~ practical joke | a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish). |
| n. (attribute) | 4. joke | a triviality not to be taken seriously.; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke" |
| ~ puniness, slightness, triviality, pettiness | the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. |
| v. (communication) | 5. jest, joke | tell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ quip, gag | make jokes or quips.; "The students were gagging during dinner" |
| ~ fool around, horse around, arse around, fool | indulge in horseplay.; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" |
| ~ pun | make a play on words.; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" |
| v. (body) | 6. jest, joke | act in a funny or teasing way. |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| ~ antic, clown, clown around | act as or like a clown. |
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