| boob tube 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). |
boob tube
n Slang
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a close-fitting strapless top, worn by women
2. Austral a strapless, boneless, shapeless brassiere made of a stretch fabric
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) Chiefly US and Canadian a television receiver
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| Noun | 1. |  boob tube - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"kinescope, picture tube, television tube - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen receiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signals television system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs |
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