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English
Etymology
Clipping of telepathic
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Noun
teep (plural teeps)
- (science fiction) A telepath.
1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery: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.
2011, Nate Kenyon, StarCraft: Ghost—Spectres, →ISBN, page 16:She didn't need to be a teep to know what he was thinking.
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teep (comparative more teep, superlative most teep)
- (science fiction) Relating to telepathy.
1969, Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer: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.
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teep (third-person singular simple present teeps, present participle teeping, simple past and past participle teeped)
- (science fiction) To use telepathy.
1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:Irritated, Benteley answered, "You're being teeped while you stand here. Verrick has them planted all over the place."
2008 August, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, “Legacy”, in Guardians of the Galaxy, volume 2, number 2, page 18:Heads up everyone. Mantis is teeping into our poor tired brains.
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