teddy
/ˈtɛdi/
teddy noun: any stuffed toy. Also the abbreviation of teddy bear.
Noun (1)
teddy (plural teddies or teddys)
- Any stuffed toy.
Noun (2)
teddy (plural teddies)
- A type of all-in-one women's undergarment.
- Silk teddies and negligées up front, knickers fanned out on tables in the centre, bras hanging in the back - there are no minutes lost finding your bearings.2003, Michelle Lee, The Observer, 4 May 03
- Synonyms:
- body, camiknickers
Proper noun capitalized: Teddy
Teddy
- A diminutive of the male given names Edward and Theodore, or of their diminutives Ted and Tedd.
- She said, “You indicated little Teddy's become quite a handful.” “Theodore,” said Christopher. “God, whatever you do, don't call him Teddy.”2013 April 12, Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge: The Beloved Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
Also used as
teddy is also the abbreviation of teddy bear.
teddy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
teddy in Hindi
- टेडी
teddy in Tamil
- டெடி, டெட்டி
teddy in Marathi
- टेडी
teddy in Urdu
- ٹیڈی, ٹڈی
More languagesFewer languages
- teddy in Bengali
- টেডি, টেড্ডি
- teddy in Telugu
- టెడ్డీ, టెడ్డి, టెడీ
- teddy in Malayalam
- ടെഡി, ടെഡ്ഡി
- teddy in Kannada
- ಟೆಡ್ಡಿ, ಟೆಡಿ
- teddy in Punjabi
- ਟੈਡੀ, ਟੇਡੀ, ਟੈੱਡੀ
- teddy in Gujarati
- ટેડી, ટેડ્ડી
- teddy in Odia
- ଟେଡି, ଟେଡ଼ି
- teddy in Nepali
- टेडी, टेड्डी
Examples of teddy in a sentence
- In the dark, the teddy bear took on the appearance of a fearsome monster.
- My daughter has to sleep with her teddy bear or she gets scared.
- It was the bestest teddy I ever had.
Synonyms of teddy
Forms of teddy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | teddies |
| plural | teddys |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Teddie |
Origin of teddy
See teddy bear.
Possibly named after a German-American designer, Theodore Baer.
From Ted + -y.
Phrases with teddy
- teddy boys
- teddy coat
- teddy bears
- teddy coats
- teddy jacket
- teddy jackets
- teddy bear coat
- teddy bear coats
- teddy bear jacket
- teddy bear jackets
- teddy bears' picnic
- teddy bears' picnics
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with teddy
Questions about teddy
- What does teddy mean?
- Teddy means any stuffed toy.
- What is teddy in Hindi?
- Teddy in Hindi is टेडी. See Teddy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is teddy?
- Teddy can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce teddy?
- Teddy is pronounced /ˈtɛdi/.
- What is the plural of teddy?
- The plural of teddy is teddies.
Words near teddy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: teddy (page history and authors); Teddy (page history and authors); teddy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teddy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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