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teddy

teddy

78 1.0
A soft stuffed bear toy often given to children for comfort
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛdi/
translation icon : osito de peluche
  • 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?

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Examples

Synonyms

teddy bear
vsteddy
58 1.0

A soft toy shaped like a bear that children hug

means the same but is the shorter single word form

Compounds

58 1.0

A soft toy shaped like a bear that children hug

Teddy boy
  • Archaic
2 9.9

A young British man in the 1950s and 1960s who wore long jackets and narrow trousers and acted rebellious

teddy boy
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A young man in 1950s Britain who wore clothes from the early 1900s and liked rock and roll

Teddy girl
  • Archaic
9.9

A young woman in 1950s Britain who wore Edwardian-style clothes and acted rebelliously

How Cuddly

teddy
78 1.0
plush
16 4.2
plastic
798 1.0

Surface Forms

teddy singular
teddies plural

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.