Sesame Street

proper noun

A television show for children on PBS.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A television show for children on PBS.

    Bridget slipped into the room, which had been decorated with a Sesame Street motif.

    2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim, page 86
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    She parked the car on Rogers Avenue, which she called "Sesame Street," "for the unpredictable theatrics of its inhabitants."

    1996, Laurie Gunst, Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld, page 171

    A friend of mine described it as "Sesame Street" for adults and that's not a bad characterization.

    2002, Joan Elizabeth Lloyd, If it Feels Good: Using the Five Senses to Enhance Your Lovemaking, page 39

    The Sesame Street Generation, as some teachers are calling the group of children now in high school, know their numbers and the letters of the alphabet.

    2003, William C. Doster, Elizabeth Schmid, Adrian W. Poitras, Ruth Ward, How to Prepare for the CLEP, page 96

    "You can't do that if your time is consumed with patty-cake and Sesame Street." Summer turned toward Tessa. "I'm too old for Sesame Street. I know my ABCs."

    2003, Vonette Z. Bright, Nancy Moser, The Sister Circle, page 124

    It means that even when we go to Mars, we have to look like the cast of Sesame Street.

    a. 2005, Alex Irvine, "Pictures from an Expedition", in Gordon Van Gelder, ed., Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005), page 253

Translations

Catalan Barri Sèsam
  • Barri Sèsamtelevision show
Chinese Mandarin 芝麻街
  • 芝麻街 (Zhīmajiē)television show
Dutch Sesamstraat
  • Sesamstraattelevision show
Finnish Sesame Street
  • Sesame Streettelevision show
German Sesamstraße
  • Sesamstraßetelevision show
Portuguese Rua Sésamo, Vila Sésamo
  • Rua Sésamotelevision show
  • Vila Sésamotelevision show
Spanish Plaza Sésamo, Barrio Sésamo
  • Plaza Sésamotelevision show
  • Barrio Sésamotelevision show
Turkish Susam Sokağı
  • Susam Sokağıtelevision show
Cite this entry
APA

Sesame Street. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sesame%20Street

MLA

“Sesame Street.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sesame%20Street. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sesame Street,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sesame%20Street.

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