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teepee

 Play tee·pee
alt. sp. of tepee

teepee

noun

Variant of tepee

teepee

Noun

(plural teepees)

  1. A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
Origin

From the Lakota word thípi (IPA(key): /ˈtʰipi/), which consists of two elements: the verb thí, meaning "to dwell," and pi, a pluralising enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), which means "they dwell." Lakota verbs can be used as nouns and this is the case with thípi, which in practice just means "house."

Verb

(third-person singular simple present teepees, present participle teepeeing, simple past and past participle teepeed)

  1. Alternative form of tp (to cover with toilet paper)

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  • teepeeing
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  • Charles Brent Curtis

Words near teepee in the dictionary


  • teeny-weeny
  • teenybopper
  • teenyboppers
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  • teepee
  • teepeed
  • teepeeing
  • teepeelike
  • teepees
  • teepleite

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