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teddy bear

American

noun

a toy bear, especially a stuffed one.

teddy bear British

noun

Often shortened to: teddy. a stuffed toy bear made from soft or fluffy material

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of teddy bear

1905–10, after Theodore Roosevelt, called Teddy, who is said to have saved the life of a bear cub while hunting

Example Sentences

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It is a house with little furniture or belongings: a plastic table and chairs, beds, sacks of rice, a teddy bear, clothes hanging from a single rail.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

But kids can’t have a back-and-forth conversation with the teddy bear like with other AI toys.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

She bought lollipops and a teddy bear, and by 10 a.m. she had set up shop outside a campus dining hall where she consoled students Sunday morning with offers of “free mom hugs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Miedema once revealed, external that she brought a teddy bear to Euro 2017 and a coffee cup to the Olympics in Tokyo as they reminded her of home.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

“An’ I’ve packed his teddy bear in case he gets lonely.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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