tv

Noun capitalized: TV

IPA/ˌtiːˈviː/Southern US/ˈti.vi/

TV (countable and uncountable, plural TVs)

1. (abbreviation, colloquial) Abbreviation of television.
   • I saw an ad for that on TV.
   • Believe me, the sun always shines on TV1985, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha
2. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of tricuspid valve.
   • She spoke of her male side as her "brother" as do older, more conventional TVs.1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
   • I am in isolation and am lonely and would like to correspond with TVs, TSs and queens.1986 April 12, David Anderson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tidal volume.
4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tax value.
5. (abbreviation, initialism, pop culture) Initialism of Taylor's Version.
6. (abbreviation, countable, dated) Abbreviation of transvestite.
   • […] my observations of married TVs and their wives among our friends […]1964, Paul Krassner, The Realist, volumes 47-80, page 26