teleport

verb

tele·​port ˈte-lə-ˌpȯrt How to pronounce teleport (audio)
teleported; teleporting; teleports

transitive verb

: to transfer by teleportation

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Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025 In one bar, their gamma ray wails seem teleported from a gilded and advanced future; in the next, explosions of wrath, lust, and violence feel like psalms freestyled onto tablets of red clay. Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025 But there’s something genuinely unsettling about watching Katherine get stalked by the bubbles from her bath or the room itself somehow teleport around the hotel; if nothing else, the suite is certainly one of the season’s more unusual villains. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 Dishonored 2’s gameplay mechanics feature a vast repertoire of supernatural stealth abilities, such as being able to teleport, and even taking control of other people’s bodies. George Yang, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teleport

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from teleportation

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teleport was in 1931

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“Teleport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleport. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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