teddy bear
teddy bear noun: a plush toy in the shape of a bear.
Noun (1)
teddy bear (plural teddy bears)
- A plush toy in the shape of a bear.
- The king of Los Angeles / Bought himself a teddy bear / And the queen became shameless / She did it with a chair1988, Michael Weikath, "Rise and Fall", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.
- The origin of Paddington (the bear, not the station) dates to 1956 when author Michael Bond (1926-2017) spotted a lonesome teddy bear on the shelf of a store near the station. It was Christmas Eve, so he bought the solitary bear for his wife.2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74
- A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man, particularly one who is gentle in spite of a burly or gruff appearance.
- I'd like to mt you if you're a bearded ‘Teddy Bear,’ husky build, under 34 & share a career orientation.1980 August 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14
- ...the sexy "teddy bear" frontman of the '80s rap group Heavy D and the Boyz.1999, “Big Men are Sexy Too - Apr 1999”, in Ebony, volume 54, number 6, page 73
Noun (2) capitalized: Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear (plural Teddy Bears)
- A British Rail Class 14 locomotive.
teddy bear meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Malay
teddy bear in Tamil
- பொம்மைக் கரடி
teddy bear in Bengali
- ভল্লুক আকৃতির মখমলি পুতুল, একটি প্রিয়, স্নেহময়, বড়, শক্তিশালী, লোমশ
teddy bear in Arabic
- a stuffed toy bear
- دُمْيَةُ دُبّ dumyatu dubb, دَبْدُوب dabdūb
teddy bear in Malay
- a stuffed toy bear
- beruang peluk
More languagesFewer languages
- teddy bear in Persian
- خرسک xersak, بامزی bâmzi
- teddy bear in Thai
- ตุ๊กตาหมี, หมีเท็ดดี้
- teddy bear in Vietnamese
- gấu bông
Examples of teddy bear in a sentence
- They added that it not only looks sexy but also feels sexy, like a teddy bear.2009, Desmond Morris, The Naked Man: A Study of the Male Body, page 161:
- “So I'm sort of a big teddy bear, am I?” “A sexy teddy bear.” he kissed her neck.2010, Abigail Reynolds, Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane..., page 276:
Forms of teddy bear
| plural | teddy bears |
|---|---|
| alternative form | teddybear |
| plural | Teddy Bears |
Origin of teddy bear
From Morris Michtom, the owner of a candy store in Brooklyn N.Y., who made the first “Teddy Bear” in the year 1902 in honor of then American President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt when he had heard that he had refused to shoot a bear cub on one of his hunting trips.
Words formed from teddy bear
Questions about teddy bear
- What does teddy bear mean?
- Teddy bear means a plush toy in the shape of a bear.
- What is teddy bear in Tamil?
- Teddy bear in Tamil is பொம்மைக் கரடி. See Teddy bear meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use teddy bear in a sentence?
- They added that it not only looks sexy but also feels sexy, like a teddy bear.
- What part of speech is teddy bear?
- Teddy bear is a noun.
- What is the plural of teddy bear?
- The plural of teddy bear is teddy bears.
Words near teddy bear in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: teddy bear (page history and authors); Teddy Bear (page history and authors); teddy bear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teddy bear (Bengali 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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