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idiot box

idiot box noun: television.

Noun

idiot box (plural idiot boxes)

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic) Television.
    • During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box.2003 March 31, Bill Litchfield, “Basketball Fans”, in rec.gardens (Usenet)

idiot box meaning in Tamil

idiot box in Tamil

அறிவிலிப் பெட்டி

Synonyms of idiot box

Forms of idiot box

pluralidiot boxes

Origin of idiot box

From idiot + box, an allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value.

Questions about idiot box

What does idiot box mean?
Idiot box means television.
What is idiot box in Tamil?
Idiot box in Tamil is அறிவிலிப் பெட்டி. See Idiot box meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is idiot box?
Idiot box is a noun.
What is the plural of idiot box?
The plural of idiot box is idiot boxes.

Words near idiot box in the dictionary

  1. idiosyncratically
  2. idiosyncraticity
  3. idiot
  4. idiot board
  5. idiot boards
  6. idiot box
  7. idiot boxes
  8. idiot card
  9. idiot cards
  10. idiot end
  11. idiot ends

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idiot box (page history and authors); idiot box (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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