teletype

noun

tele·​type ˈte-lə-ˌtīp 

1

or less commonly Teletype : a printing device resembling a typewriter that is used to send and receive telephonic signals

—formerly a U.S. registered trademark

called also teletypewriter

2

: a message sent by a teletype machine

Examples of teletype in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In those days, computers took up entire rooms, and users accessed them through teletype terminals—electric typewriters hooked up to either a serial cable or a modem and a phone line. —ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025

Additionally, as Thompson entered the bank, the security features at the entry door confirmed her height as almost 6 feet tall, which matched her probation teletype, according to the warrant affidavit. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025

In a yearbook photo from Seattle's Lakeside School, Paul Allen [L] and Bill Gates [R] work on a teletype machine during the 1969-1970 school year. —Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025

Red lights started flashing and the Associated Press teletype machine came alive while a bell rang out loud and constant. —Steve Koester, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for teletype

• allotype
• antitype
• archetype
• biotype
• collotype
• genotype
• haplotype
• holotype
• hypotype
• isotype
• lectotype
• linotype

Kids Definition

Teletype

trademark

Tele·​type ˈtel-ə-ˌtīp 

—used for a teletypewriter