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teddybear

teddybear is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of teddybear

pluralteddybears

Questions about teddybear

What is teddybear the alternative spelling of?
Teddybear is the alternative spelling of teddy bear.

Words near teddybear in the dictionary

  1. Teddy Hall
  2. teddy jacket
  3. teddy jackets
  4. Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
  5. Teddy Roosevelt Terriers
  6. teddybear
  7. teddybears
  8. teddys
  9. tede
  10. tedes
  11. Tedford

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teddybear (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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