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name
A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
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name
Acronym of Technology, Entertainment, Design, a series of global conferences.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
A Teddy boy.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Acronym of transmission electron diffraction.
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noun
Acronym of turtle excluder device.
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noun
Acronym of thyroid eye disease.
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noun
Acronym of transferred electron device.
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verb
To spread hay for drying.
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noun
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Teddy boy
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Broader terms: tough guy, plug-ugly
History
Shortened form of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus or Edmund.
From a pet form of Edward, in reference to Edwardian styles affected by youths.
Inherited from Middle English tedden, from a possible Old English *teddan, from Proto-West Germanic *taddjan, from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
