TED (tedded, tedding)

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Irregular inflected forms: tedded    , tedding   

• TED (noun)
  The noun TED has 1 sense:

1. a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes

  Familiarity information: TED used as a noun is very rare.

• TED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ted; Teddy boy

Hypernyms ("Ted" is a kind of...):

plug-ugly; tough guy (someone who bullies weaker people)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Now we're seeing a new process, where warm water cuts into the shelf from below, said study co-author Ted Scambos of CU Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).

(Scientists describe how 'upside-down rivers' of warm water break Antarctica's ice shelf, Wikinews)

She knew that little Ted would turn up again in time, safe and rosy, dirty and serene, and she always received him back with a hearty welcome, for Jo loved her babies tenderly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The little girls had a private tea party, and Ted roved among the edibles at his own sweet will.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)