Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A child's toy bear, usually stuffed with soft material and covered with furlike plush.
Wiktionary
- n. A stuffed toy in the shape of a bear.
- n. A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man
WordNet 3.0
- n. plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
Etymologies
- It was Morris Michtom, the owner of a candy store in Brooklyn N.Y., that made the first “Teddy Bear” in the year 1902 in honor of then American President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt when as the story goes she had heard he’d refused to shoot a bear cub on one of his hunting trips. (Wiktionary)
- After Teddy, nickname of Theodore Roosevelt, who was depicted in a cartoon sparing the life of a bear cub. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Small though his teddy bear form was amid the big New Lemurians, they were too shaken to attempt force on him.”
“Nick examined the fan, then pushed two hatboxes and a moth-eaten teddy bear aside to find the cord.”
“She had always seen him as a lovable, cuddly teddy bear — with his curly blond hair, button-bright blue eyes, square jaw and stocky physique.”
“Details of the anatomy can be spectacular in their sculptural intricacy: the male drinker, a summer moth of woodland rides which at first looks like a teddy bear with a handlebar moustache, wears its antennae branched into delicate combs, like the cow-catchers on old American steam locomotives.”
“She had been wearing a sweatshirt that said A TEDDY BEAR IS FOREVER, and a pair of plush teddy bear earrings.”
“Alobar began postponing the cleaning of Einstein's office to the very end of his shift, but still the professor was there, 2: 00 A.M., slumped in his chair, looking like a musical teddy bear with its springs and stuffing flying out.”
“She told him about the teddy bear that a candy-striper had given the blind boy.”
“Like a child who clings to a teddy bear well into adolescence, or a lottery winner who repaints the old house, he would cling to the familiar and be slow to embrace what is new.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘teddy bear’.
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Playthings and Toys
have fun!
battledore, beanbag, bicycle, Big Wheel, crayons, boomerang, cap gun, doll, kite, jigsaw puzzle, hula hoop, jack-in-the-box and 66 more...
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Nicknames you shouldn't give to an ax...
primrose, snookums, lavender, piglet, rainbow sunshine, kitten, fuzzy, sweetie, wiggles, care bear, love-a-lot, cheery and 87 more...
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WF - Words from Proper Names
bowdlerize, boycott, caesarean, lynch, pasteurize, sadist, sandwich, hoover, braille, wellington, cardigan, macintosh and 11 more...
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Things I love
teddy bear, automaton, origami, furoshiki, bow tie, crêpe, objet d'art
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Let's Play
Classic Children's Toys and Games and Amusements
colorforms, jacks, hopscotch, louisville slugger, duncan imperial, flexible flyer, radio flyer, troll doll, dam doll, pick-up sticks, silly putty, marbles and 155 more...
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Important Concepts I Learned from Wat...
mudhen, bowel resection, tracheotomy, shrapnel, brassiere, pinko, peace talks, salami, lebanese, section 8, hot lips, frank burns eats ... and 74 more...
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All the Presidents' Words
Words coined or popularized by U.S. presidents.
administration, Brother Jonathan, Jeffersonian, belittle, odometer, public relations, kitchen cabinet, Jacksonian, spoils system, OK, lame duck, teddy bear and 27 more...
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For Pete's Sake
Names that appear in common phrases/clichès. (Also see sionnach's list, tom, dick and harry.)
adam's apple, jim crow, joe blow, bobby pin, nervous nellie, for pete's sake, jolly roger, john hancock, johnny-come-lately, suzie q, teddy bear, tommy gun and 81 more...
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