boob tube

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boob tube

n. Slang Television.

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[boob + tube, television set.]

boob tube

n 1. (Clothing & Fashion) a close-fitting strapless top, worn by women 2. Austral a strapless, boneless, shapeless brassiere made of a stretch fabric 3. (Communications & Information) chiefly US and Canadian a television receiver

boob′ tube`

n.
Slang. 1. television. 2. a television set. [1965–70]

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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"television receiver, television set, telly, goggle box, idiot box, tv set, tv, televisionkinescope, picture tube, television tube - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screenreceiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signalstelevision system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant pointstelecasting, 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