teleprompter

English

Etymology

tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/

Noun

teleprompter (plural teleprompters)

  1. A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
    • 1984 April 20, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County (comic):
      Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick...
    • 2009 March 6, Mark Knoller, CBS News:
      He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern.

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Noun

teleprompter m (plural teleprompters or teleprompter)

  1. teleprompter
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