TEDDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teddy mean? 

• TEDDY (noun)
  The noun TEDDY has 2 senses:

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

2. a woman's sleeveless undergarment

  Familiarity information: TEDDY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEDDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

teddy; teddy bear

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

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A woman's sleeveless undergarment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chemise; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy

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

undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)

Meronyms (parts of "teddy"):

shoulder strap; strap (a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag)

 Context examples 

Teddy wrote both, and keeps yours to crow over me with because I wouldn't tell him my secret.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Teddy, dear, I wish I could!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Teddy certainly had done it that time, for the babies were 'Daisy' and 'Demi' to the end of the chapter.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Teddy and his boys will lend a hand, and we'll have a good time yet. returned Jo, leaning over the gate to watch for Laurie.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)