teepee
Speech parts
1. teepee - Noun
2. teepee - Verb
Meaning
A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
A conical formation of small flammable sticks leaning on each other, in roughly the shape of an Indian teepee, built over smaller tinder such as cotton or leaves.
teepee (third-person singular simple present teepees, present participle teepeeing, simple past and past participle teepeed)
Alternative form of TP (“to cover with toilet paper”)
teepee (uncountable)
Alternative form of TP (“toilet paper”)
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Examples
Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles out.
After finishing the lodge, the little boy went in and saw that it was a normal teepee.
The dusty driveway has deep wheel ruts and the teepee, up on a slight, very breezy rise, in solitary splendour, has just a cot and sleeping bag.
The teepee had several signs draped around it including a sign with the words "Justice for Colten."
I LOVE the teepee idea!
In addition to the reoccupation teepee ceremony, many other indigenous groups and activists have planned events and protests for Saturday.