brainteaser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brainteaser
First recorded in 1920–25; brain + tease + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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For the more numerically minded, the next brainteaser may be more appealing...
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023
It is less about creating the perfect brainteaser and more about showcasing a flawed family with outsize personalities.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
It turns out that if you want to solve a brainteaser, it helps to have a brain.
From Scientific American • May 25, 2023
A psychological brainteaser, “Etta and Ella” gave Kennedy a vital digital platform for her lyrical, eerily seductive imagination.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2021
When he took the part of Henry Carr, the very civil servant at the swirling center of “Travesties,” Tom Stoppard’s 1974 Zurich-set brainteaser, he worried he couldn’t learn it.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018
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