boob tube (redirected from boob tubes)

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).

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[boob + tube, television set.]

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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

Thesaurus

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" television receiver, television set, telly, goggle box, idiot box, tv set, tv, television 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

Translations

boob tube

n

(Brit Tex) → Bustier nt, → Bandeau-Top nt

(esp US inf: = television) → Röhre f (inf), → Glotze f (inf)