idiot box
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idiot box

noun

Definition of IDIOT BOX

Examples of IDIOT BOX

  1. <she huffily declared that she wouldn't have an idiot box in her home>

First Known Use of IDIOT BOX

circa 1955

Related to IDIOT BOX

Synonyms
boob tube, box, television, telly [chiefly British], tube, TV

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