Meanings
- broadcastingA television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.
So the FCC won't let me be / Or let me be me, so let me see / They tried to shut me down on MTV
2002, Eminem, “Without Me”3 more examples
I want my, I want my MTV / Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it / You play the guitar on the MTV / That ain't workin', that's the way you do it / Money for nothin', and chicks for free
1985, Sting, Mark Knopfler, “Money for Nothing”, in Brothers in Arms, performed by Dire StraitsWe won the race, got out of the place / Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV
1990, “Freedom! ’90”, in Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, performed by George MichaelIn the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.
2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNNSynonyms: Empty-Vee
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.
Origin
Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French MTV
- MTVtelevision channel
German MTV
- MTVtelevision channel
Italian MTV
- MTVtelevision channel
Spanish MTV
- MTVtelevision channel
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MTV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MTV
“MTV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MTV. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MTV,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MTV.
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