telly

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Television.

   Not much on telly tonight, as usual!

2. noun A television set.

   We've got a new flat-screen telly.

3. noun Telegraph.
4. noun Telephone.
5. noun Teleport.
6. noun Telecommunication.
7. noun A hotel or motel.

   I'm staying at the telly this weekend.

8. adjective Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).

Similar words

idiot box tv goggle box tv set television television set boob tube television receiver tele news

Often followed by

savalas and on in or was with for to

Word family

tele teles tellies