"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), or a text display device, as used by the deaf to read voice communication converted to text by a communication assistant device (CA). Categories (topical): Hearing
    Sense id: en-TTY-en-noun-V-MBJaqB Disambiguation of Hearing: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24

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 Categories (topical): Hearing Related terms: TTYL (english: Talk to you later), TDD (english: Telecommunications Device for the Deaf)
    Sense id: en-TTY-en-verb-SGI6K1pL Disambiguation of Hearing: 54 46

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
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          "Internet",
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          "to",
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      ],
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