Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang Television: "Parents complain about the quality of the shows but don't prevent their children from gluing themselves to the boob tube” ( David Owen).
Wiktionary
- n. US television
- n. UK A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Etymologies
- boob1 + tube, television set. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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"Boo" Words
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johnmperry US & Canadian vernacular = television.
UK vernacular = tube top Jul 22, 2008