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tivo¹

Where it comes from

From the TiVo service.

verb tivos · tivoing · tivoed

  1. To digitally record (a television show). I think I'll be out to dinner when Michael Phelps goes for the gold. Oh well – I'll just tivo it.
  2. To have a show on one's lineup of shows to record. My mum loves to watch Neighbours. She has the series tivoed.

TiVo²

Where it comes from

From TiVo, a specific digital video recorder introduced in 1999.

noun TiVos

  1. A digital video recorder (of any brand). Lost, season 4, begins in early February, after one of the most thrilling season enders in a decade of television: […] Set your TiVo.

verb TiVos · TiVoing · TiVoed

  1. alternative Alternative form of tivo Most of us keep our lips buttoned and our conversations shorter than a prizefighter's temper. It's not because we didn't hear what you said, and it's not because we're too tired, and it's not because we're too busy TiVoing the 2009 fall TV lineup.

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@misc{tivo_2026,
  title = {tivo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tivo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}