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telegraph
English
Etymology
From French télégraphe.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?l.?.??æf/, /?t?l.?.??æf/
- Rhymes: -??f
- Hyphenation: tel?e?graph
Noun
telegraph (plural telegraphs)
- (historical) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He […] played a lone hand, […]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
- (video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
Derived terms
- bush telegraph
- engine order telegraph
- jungle telegraph
- telegraphic
Related terms
- telegram
Translations
Verb
telegraph (third-person singular simple present telegraphs, present participle telegraphing, simple past and past participle telegraphed)
- To send a message by telegraph.
- To give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.
- Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.
- To show one's intended action unintentionally.
Translations
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telegraphic
English
Etymology
telegraph +? -ic
Adjective
telegraphic (comparative more telegraphic, superlative most telegraphic)
- Of, or relating to the telegraph.
- Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.
Derived terms
- telegraphically
Translations
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