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feelie

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈfiːli/
  • rhymes with -iːli

1

noun

Meaning 1

A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, often

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: video-games

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From feel + -ie. In the video game sense, introduced by the game publisher Infocom in the 1980s.