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Glotze — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • television noun A device with a screen and speaker that receives and displays broadcast pictures and sound.
  • telly noun British informal word for television, either the broadcast medium or the physical set.

Senses

Glotze is used for these senses in English:

  • boob tube (informal, dated, derogatory) A television.
  • idiot box (idiomatic, chiefly, US, and, Canada) Television.
  • television (countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
  • telly A television set.

television — full definition

  1. noun A device with a screen and speaker that receives and displays broadcast pictures and sound.
  2. noun The medium or system of broadcasting moving pictures and sound to viewers, or the programmes shown that way.

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