teep

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/tiːp/

noun

A telepath.

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nounteep (countable and uncountable, plural teeps)

plural teeps

  1. countableuncountableliteratureA telepath.

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

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

    1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery

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

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

    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.

    1969, Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer
verbteep (third-person singular simple present teeps, present participle teeping, simple past and past participle teeped)

present singular third person teeps · participle present teeping · participle past teeped · past teeped

  1. literatureTo use telepathy.

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

    2008 August 28, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, “Legacy”, in Guardians of the Galaxy, volume 2, number 2, page 18
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    Irritated, Benteley answered, "You're being teeped while you stand here. Verrick has them planted all over the place."

    1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery

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