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teevee

American  
[tee-vee, tee-] / ˈtiˈvi, ˌti- /

noun

Informal.
  1. television.


Etymology

Origin of teevee

tee 1 + vee, representing pronunciation of TV 1 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The Black-owned weekly newspaper New York Amsterdam News once described her as “one of the brightest and brainiest of the undiscovered teevee personalities.”

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2023

It's true, man; I saw, ah, documentation on the teevee.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2019

Or should we just forget him and talk teevee?

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2017

When you first learn what a stratovolcano is by seeing one explode all over the place on teevee, you tend to look a bit askance at the one visible from your backyard.

From Scientific American • Dec. 6, 2012

Those of you who are now looking at teevee screens can see my imaged likeness.

From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

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