plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
"The little girl hugged her favorite teddy while waiting for bedtime stories."
Abbreviation of teddy bear.
"The children hugged their stuffed teddies before going to sleep."
In plain English: A teddy is a soft, stuffed toy that usually looks like a bear and has no eyes to make it look cute.
"The child hugged his favorite teddy bear tightly before going to sleep."
A diminutive of the male given names Edward and Theodore.
"The teacher called him Teddy, a familiar nickname for his full name, Theodore."
The word "teddy" is simply a shortened form of "teddy bear," which refers to the soft stuffed toy named after American president Theodore Roosevelt. It entered common usage as people affectionately called these bears by his nickname following an incident during a hunting trip in 1902.