1. A device so essential to
Americans that it is mentioned alongside food,
water and shelter during cataclysmic tornadoes,
flash floods and earthquakes. Often abbreviated as "TV" or "teevee."
2. The drug of choice for Mike Teevee, a character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
"We had no
water, no
power, no TV," Lurleen Tootin of Milledgeville said. "I told my
Darrell we damn near could have died."