teevee
Americannoun
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
"No, sir; only our own tri-di and teevee."
From The Galaxy Primes by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
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