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teep en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • tēp
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tiːp/

Etymology

Clipping of telepathic.

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teeps Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

telepath

teep en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • tēp
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tiːp/

Etymology

Clipping of telepathic.

Meanings

  1. To use telepathy.
    • Irritated, Benteley answered, "You're being teeped while you stand here. Verrick has them planted all over the place." 1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:
    • Heads up everyone. Mantis is teeping into our poor tired brains. 2008 August 14, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, “Legacy”, in Guardians of the Galaxy, volume 2, number 2, page 18:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teeped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
teeped Tense=Past lexicographic
teeping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
teeps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

teek

Synonyms

telepath