teddy

¹

[ted-ee]

noun

plural

teddies 

1. Often teddies. a woman's one-piece undergarment combining a chemise and underpants, sometimes having a snap crotch.

2. Informal.,  teddy bear.

Teddy

²

Or Ted·die

[ted-ee]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Edward or Theodore.

2. a female given name, form of Theodora.

teddy

/ ˈtɛdɪ /

noun

1. a woman's one-piece undergarment, incorporating a chemise top and panties

Word History and Origins

Origin of teddy¹

teddy ( in def. 1 ) 1920–25, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Lumbering down the grassy mountainside in southwestern China—being careful not to slip—is a giant panda teddy bear.

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Ko, who co-produced the interactive drama featuring the teddy bear, told AFP that the 2019 protests were "a challenge to national security".

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On the stunning “Berghain,” a baffling line about a fire in the brain that feels like a teddy bear sits alongside a profane utterance in English by singer Yves Tumor.

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Currently at London's Selfridges, you can buy fish and chips soft toys, sold to you by an assistant pretending to fry and put salt and vinegar on your selected teddies.

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Rosie, who was then eight, was "wearing a dirty pyjama top, a pair of jogging bottoms, a pair of trainers with no socks, she had her headphones on, she was holding a teddy", Julie recalls.

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