teddy
- noun
- /ˈtɛdi/
- Even our dean bought her a teddy bear for her birthday.
- teddy bear
So let me ask you, what is your version of Blankie and Teddy right now?
- So let me ask you, what is your version of Blankie and Teddy right now?
- And the one thing that stood out in her bag was a teddy bear.
- But I'm on a high right now and look, I brought new teddies.
- But I don't know, my favorite episode is probably, I think I like the teddy bear one too.
- So I am wearing this shirt pocket T fresh teddy bear logo.
- It's very dirty on the bottom because I throw it wherever there is a teddy bear charm because I'm a child.
Examples
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What do you call your teddy bear?
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Daddy's old teddy.
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- I love that you love me, teddy bear.
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So who gets the teddy bear?
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For real, you spent 100 bucks on a teddy bear?
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When Edmond was little, he had a teddy named Papa.
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Children were presented with penguins and teddy bears that differed in size.
Academic text (2008) -
That's a teddy bear.
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The little girl hugged her teddy tightly as she listened to the bedtime story.
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He couldn't sleep without his favorite teddy by his side.
Synonyms
A soft toy shaped like a bear that children hug
Compounds
- Archaic
A young British man in the 1950s and 1960s who wore long jackets and narrow trousers and acted rebellious
- Archaic
A young man in 1950s Britain who wore clothes from the early 1900s and liked rock and roll
- Archaic
A young woman in 1950s Britain who wore Edwardian-style clothes and acted rebelliously
How Cuddly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Teddy for the soft toy bear comes from U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, after a famous story where he refused to shoot a bear. That's why a toy bear became known simply as a teddy.