tivo

present singular third person tivos · participle present tivoing · participle past tivoed · past tivoed

1. To digitally record (a television show).

   I think I'll be out to dinner when Michael Phelps goes for the gold. Oh well – I'll just tivo it.

2. To have a show on one's lineup of shows to record.

   My mum loves to watch Neighbours. She has the series tivoed.

plural TiVos

1. broadcastingA digital video recorder (of any brand).

   Lost, season 4, begins in early February, after one of the most thrilling season enders in a decade of television: […] Set your TiVo.

   2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134

present singular third person TiVos · participle present TiVoing · participle past TiVoed · past TiVoed

1. alternativeAlternative form of tivo.

   Most of us keep our lips buttoned and our conversations shorter than a prizefighter's temper. It's not because we didn't hear what you said, and it's not because we're too tired, and it's not because we're too busy TiVoing the 2009 fall TV lineup.

   2007, David Zinczenko, Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women, Rodale, →ISBN, page 56