brainteaser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brainteaser
First recorded in 1920–25; brain + tease + -er 1 ( def. )
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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
A psychological brainteaser, “Etta and Ella” gave Kennedy a vital digital platform for her lyrical, eerily seductive imagination.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021
Consider this brainteaser: “A baseball bat and ball cost $1.10 together. The bat cost $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 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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