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brainteaser in American English (ˈbreɪnˌtizər) US noun an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc. brainteaser in American English (ˈbreinˌtizər) nouna puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity Word origin [1920–25; brain + tease + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: montage, self-service, ski jump, slalom, superpower-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)Examples of 'brainteaser' in a sentencebrainteaser |