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Care Bear

noun

Etymology

Brand name. The characters were introduced in 1981 for use on greeting cards and turned into plush toys in 1983.

Definitions

  1. Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys.

    • The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone (with a Care Bear, with his favorite blanket, or by sucking his thumb) learns valuable self-quieting behaviors that can be used for many years to come.
    • But the domestic turkey is about as remote from the wild animal as a Care Bear is from a grizzly.
    • One of my real aspirations of this is I wanna see interstellar wars between Care Bears and Klingons.

  2. A kind and caring person.

    • He was smart, tough, witty yet gentle all at the same time. He was my care bear.
    • "Man, you are beautiful, my Care Bear", he said in awe.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Care Bear.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA