teep en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- tēp
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tiːp/
Etymology
Clipping of telepathic.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A telepath.
He was conscious that the Directorate's teep Corps was close by; he didn't particularly want his intimate thoughts in the hands of eighty bored telepaths.
1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:What are you doing, bringing a teep here when we're ready to move?
1997 June 9, Straczynski, Joseph Michael, “The Face of the Enemy”, in Babylon 5, season 4, episode 17, spoken by Number One (Marjorie Monaghan):She didn't need to be a teep to know what he was thinking.
2011, Nate Kenyon, StarCraft: Ghost—Spectres, →ISBN, page 16:
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(countable, uncountable) Telepathy.
He broke off, because one of the QCA men was bringing out a teep rod, a receptor that would pick up and record his thoughts for police inspection.
1969, Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| teeps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |