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teddy bears

teddy bears is the plural of teddy bear.

Meaning of teddy bear

Noun

teddy bear (plural teddy bears)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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Noun capitalized: Teddy Bears

Teddy Bears

  1. (plural) plural of Teddy Bear

Questions about teddy bears

What is teddy bears the plural of?
Teddy bears is the plural of teddy bear.
What part of speech is teddy bears?
Teddy bears is a noun.

Words near teddy bears in the dictionary

  1. teddy bear
  2. teddy bear coat
  3. teddy bear coats
  4. teddy bear jacket
  5. teddy bear jackets
  6. teddy bears
  7. teddy bears' picnic
  8. teddy bears' picnics
  9. teddy boy
  10. teddy boys
  11. teddy coat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teddy bears (page history and authors); Teddy Bears (page history and authors); teddy bear (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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