"TTY" meaning in English

See TTY in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: TTYs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TTY (plural TTYs)
  1. teletypewriter (originally),
    Sense id: en-TTY-en-noun-FMFavvQV
  2. A text display device, as used by the deaf to read voice communication converted to text by a communication assistant device (CA).
    Sense id: en-TTY-en-noun-MQTgm~BI Categories (other): Hearing Disambiguation of Hearing: 7 23 38 32
  3. A command line interface or terminal emulator
    Sense id: en-TTY-en-noun-8jbNWgQB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hearing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 7 56 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 54 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 54 12 Disambiguation of Hearing: 7 23 38 32

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} TTY
  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Initialism of talk to you. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: talk to you Related terms: TTYL (english: Talk to you later), TDD (english: Telecommunications Device for the Deaf)
    Sense id: en-TTY-en-verb-SGI6K1pL Categories (other): Hearing Disambiguation of Hearing: 7 23 38 32

Inflected forms

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