teep

English

Etymology

Clipping of telepathic

Pronunciation

• enPR: tēp
• IPA^(key): /tiːp/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːp

Noun

teep (plural teeps)

1. (science fiction) A telepath.
   • 1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:

     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.

   • 1997 June 9, Straczynski, Joseph Michael, “The Face of the Enemy”, in Babylon 5, season 4, episode 17, spoken by Number One (Marjorie Monaghan):

     What are you doing, bringing a teep here when we're ready to move?

   • 2011, Nate Kenyon, StarCraft: Ghost—Spectres, →ISBN, page 16:

     She didn't need to be a teep to know what he was thinking.

Synonyms

• telepath

Adjective

teep (comparative more teep, superlative most teep)

1. (science fiction) Relating to telepathy.
   • 1969, Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer:

     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.

Synonyms

• telepathic

Verb

teep (third-person singular simple present teeps, present participle teeping, simple past and past participle teeped)

1. (science fiction) To use telepathy.
   • 1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:

     Irritated, Benteley answered, "You're being teeped while you stand here. Verrick has them planted all over the place."

   • 2008 August, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, “Legacy”, in Guardians of the Galaxy, volume 2, number 2, page 18:

     Heads up everyone. Mantis is teeping into our poor tired brains.

Synonyms

• telepath

See also

• teek (“telekinesis”)

Anagrams

• PETE, Peet, Pete, Tepe, pete, tepe