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teevee

teevee noun: television.

Noun

teevee (countable and uncountable, plural teevees)

  1. (colloquial) television
    • On teevee, everyone looked the same. People were just different shades of grey. If the sky was grey on teevee, I knew it meant blue.2002, Buck Song Koh, Umej Bhatia, From Boys to Men

Forms of teevee

pluralteevees
alternative formteevy

Origin of teevee

Respelling of the abbreviation TV.

Words formed from teevee

Questions about teevee

What does teevee mean?
Teevee means television.
What part of speech is teevee?
Teevee is a noun.
What is the plural of teevee?
The plural of teevee is teevees.

Words near teevee in the dictionary

  1. teetotally
  2. teetotals
  3. teetotum
  4. teetotums
  5. teets
  6. teevee
  7. teevees
  8. teevies
  9. teevy
  10. teewit
  11. teewits

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