Teddy

Definition: Teddy

Teddy

Noun

1. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).

2. A woman's sleeveless undergarment.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Teddy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rich guard", "a blessed guard".

Date "teddy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

Synonyms: Teddy

Crosswords: Teddy

German (teddy), Spanish (tab).

Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy Roosevelt (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa)

All right, Teddy just exactly how nervous are you (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois)

Let's see if I can win the teddy bear (Charlie's Angels; writing credit: Ivan Goff; Ben Roberts)

You get down there and find the big diamond, or you'll never see the teddy again (The Rescuers; writing credit: Ken Anderson; Ted Berman)

What about this teddy bear (Undergrads; writing credit: Kid Vegas)

Teddy, won't you play the music for me (Before I Let You Go; performing artist: Blackstreet)

With the homies Blackstreet and Teddy (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

Produced by Teddy Riley and Michael Jackson (In the Closet; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley)

Can meand my teddy (Just Another Day In Paradise; performing artist: Phil Vassar)

The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971)

Teddy Boy in the Gutter (1967)

Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)

Teddy boy agapi mou (1965)

L'orsacchiotto vagabondo Teddy (1961)

To Know Him, Is To Love Him (performing artist: The Teddy Bears)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc. (The): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• The Teddy Bear (reference)

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Periodicals

• Teddy Bear & Friends (reference)

• Teddy Bear Review (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt (reference)

• Rosenshontz: Teddy Bear's Jamboree (reference)

• Miniature Jointed Teddy Bear (Master Miniaturists) (reference)

• Teddy Bear Blues (reference)

• Teddy Bear Factory (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Forever Gold: Teddy Pendergrass (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Fetco International Teddy Bear Resin Frame 2 X 2 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• 3-piece Bedding Set - Blue Jean Teddy (reference)

• Fleece Baby Blanket - Blue Jean Teddy (reference)

• Mobile - Blue Jean Teddy (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is a young girl with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) receiving chemotherapy. This is a close-up shot of her holding a teddy bear. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Sharon Begay and her sister Alta hold teddy bears produced by the cooperative on the Ganado Navajo Reservation, AZ. Credit: USDA.

Close up of hands working on a sewing machine producing teddy bears at the coop on the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, AZ. Credit: USDA.

[two monsters and a teddy bear]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The Dewey Parade as the vainglorious Teddy saw it / Horace Taylor. Credit: Library of Congress.

Horse-drawn float of the Division of Experiment Station of Tuskegee Institute in parade in honor of Teddy Roosevelt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Teddy Roosevelt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Vernon County, Wisconsin. Teddy Saugstad, ten years old. Credit: Library of Congress.

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Eddie Saugstad and his son, Teddy, leaving the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA) cooperative. Credit: Library of Congress.

Paintings. Teddy Roosevelt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "teddy": furry teddy bear ♦ teddy bear ♦ teddy boy ♦ teddy boys. Additional references.

Beginning with "teddy": teddy-bear, teddy-bears, teddy-boy, teddy-boys, teddy-tail.

Albanian

lodër fëmijësh (slapjack, Taw, teddy bear, thread-needle, Touchwood), huligan (hoodlum, hooligan, mug, teddy boy), ari prej pelushi (teddy bear). (various references)

Arabic 

‏دمية دب (teddy bear). (various references)

Bulgarian 

мече (teddy bear, whelp). (various references)

Chinese 

女用连杉衬裤 (teddies). (various references)

Czech

medvídek (teddy bear), chuligán (hoodlum, hooligan, teddy boy). (various references)

Finnish

lättähattu (teddy-boy). (various references)

French

ours en peluche (teddy bear), nounours (teddy bear). (various references)

German

Teddybär (teddy bear), teddy. (various references)

Greek 

αρκουδάκι (teddy bear), τεντυμπόησ (teddy boy). (various references)

Hungarian

mackó (peter, teddy bear). (various references)

Indonesian

beruang-beruangan (teddy bear). (various references)

Italian

orsacchiotto (bear cub, teddy bear). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

テキスト終結 (end of text, rough texture, technetium, technetronic, technical, technical center, technical foul, technical knockout, technical point, technical term, technician, Technicolor, technics, technique, techno cut, techno lady, techno mart, techno sound, technocracy, technocrat, technoeconomics, technologies, technology, technology art, technology assessment, technology gap, technology transfer, technomist, technonationalism, technopeasant, technophobia, technopolis, techno-pop, techno-science, techno-stress, technostructure, teddy bear, Tektronics, tenant, tennis, tennis court, tennis elbow, tennis-wear, tenor, tenor sax, test, test campaign, test case, test driver, test marketing, test pattern, test pilot, test rider, testament, tester, testing, test-mail, testosterone, test-set, Tetoron, tetrachloroethylene, tetracycline, Tetrapack, Tetrapod, Tetris, tetrodotoxin, texture). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

テディー . (various references)

Korean 

테디 (teddies). (various references)

Manx

Yeaman. (various references)

Pig Latin

eddytay.(various references)

Portuguese

ursinho para crianças (teddy-bear), ursinho de pelúcia (teddy-bear). (various references)

Russian 

of Theodore Тедди (Teddy 1), медвежонок (teddy bear), мишка (teddy bear), плюшевый медвежонок (teddy bear), пижон (dude, teddy boy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

meca (teddy bear), mangup (hooligan, idler, lout, reveler, rowdy, teddy boy). (various references)

Spanish

osito de peluche (teddy bear), osito de felpa (teddy bear). (various references)

Swedish

teddybjörn (teddy bear), teddy boy (teddy boy), ung ligist (teddy boy), nalle (teddy bear). (various references)

Turkish

oyuncak ayı (teddy bear). (various references)

Misspellings

"Teddy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cheddie, feddy, heddy, reddy, seddy, taddy, tady, taudy, tdd, tdy, teady, ted, teddi, teddie, tedi, tedy, tendy, tiddy, Tredy, Treuddyn, Tydd, Tyddyn. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dyed, eddy.

-2 letters: dey, dye, ted, tye, yet.

-3 letters: de, ed, et, ye.

+2 letters: datedly, lyddite.

+3 letters: hydrated, lyddites.

+4 letters: daydreamt, daytrader, decrypted, dehydrate, destroyed, devotedly, dynamited, hydathode, studiedly.

+5 letters: additively, admittedly, copyedited, daylighted, daytraders, decadently, dedicatory, dehydrated, dehydrates, dehydrator, dejectedly, dementedly, detachedly, detailedly, extendedly, hydathodes, intendedly, outdatedly, outyielded, rehydrated, syndicated, understudy.