Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British A television set.
Wiktionary
- n. Television
- n. A television set
WordNet 3.0
- n. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Examples
“The terrestrial box we call telly, that is as there is no way I am wasting money on cable or satellite.”
“Saturday night telly is pretty dire at the moment.”
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“It takes quite a lot of time to change things in telly and it takes viewers a lot of time to notice.”
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“Staying at home watching telly is worse than jail?”
“The television was moved into a new room made vacant (the original living space) and set into a built in wall-unit book case that gave the room the feeling of an old fashioned library or drawing room. the telly is very small and doesn't detract from the rooms atmosphere.”
“Pamer: I see that we share the same high standards in telly-viewing.”
“Ah, se, Diego, I work in telly and agree that tv can do drama very well.”
“I thought it was some kind of sign of moral superiority, but have since come to realise its cos swiss telly is so utterly dire!!!”
“Anyway, now that she’s on the telly – and everyone knows that being on the telly is the only way you can ever be truly happy – Cheryl Cole is truly happy again, and she’s been on Jonathan Ross to tell everyone that, although it was hard, she’s completely forgiven Ashley and he’s free to go and cheat on her again whenever he wants.”
“I need to sort some stuff out in my sewing room (no work for three days, but lots of new stuff coming in and being dumped on the table - ack!) and I need to do laundry and a bunch of other stuff before the kids finish school at 1.30 today for the summer (well, Alex finished yesterday, but as he's really tired and it's pouring rain, I think a day of vegging in front of the telly is in order).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘telly’.
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UK - slang
chin wag, arse about, bollock, starkers, sweet Fanny Adams, skive, shufti, codswallop, rhyming slang, bollocks, nookie, skew-whiff and 208 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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tele-, tel-
of or at a distance; operating over a distance; relating to television; done over the telephone
telemarketing, telekinesis, telemetry, televangelist, telex, telephone, telescope, telescopic, telecast, telegraph, telegraphic, television and 1 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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The Motherland! (God Bless the Queen)
Words that remind me of England, which I miss very much.
snog, nappy, wanker, telly, knickers, crumpet, pants, bum, loo, bollocks, stroppy, whinge and 108 more...
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Aussie: ie/ee/y/ey
Australians are in love with having an 'ee' sound on the end of their words. Typically, take a word and chop it down to the shortest it can be while still understandable, then add an 'ee' sound; sp...
brickie, telly, barbie, footy, housie, billy, bodgie, pokie, bodgy, talkie, chrissy, u-ie and 40 more...
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chiefly british
windlestraw, boffin, poppet, bloody, motorway, telly, git, tyre, windscreen, zebra crossing, panda car, lorry and 61 more...
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T is for Tin Pan Alley
My T Words
tagony, tard wrangler, tavern, tea for two, technicolor, telly, that's the ticket, thumbkin, thunderbolt, tiger lily, tin pan alley, tomahawk and 56 more...
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Reasons why I wish I were British
God I love British words, especially combined with that tasty accent of theirs...
bloke, buttocks, blimey, bloody hell, bobbie, chip shop, chuffed, liverpudlian, crikey, crumpet, daft, doss and 20 more...
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Yet Another Monty Python list
I can't help it. I have to add another Monty Python list. I blame it on the word newt showing up. Suggestions Welcome!
newt, european, african, swallow, argument, clinic, dead parrot, fjords, pining, oppressed, spam, larch and 24 more...
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Selected words from the Queen's English
British words/phrases/slang I love using in everyday conversation.
yob, wotcher, wotsit, arse, balls-up, barmy, bint, bloke, blimey, bobby, bollocks, brolly and 78 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for telly.
Prolagus Mary Jo, living alone
Drinking gin, the telly's on
She wants
The night to follow day and back again
She doesn't want to sleep, well who could blame her if she wants?
(Mary Jo, by Belle and Sebastian) Sep 20, 2008
yarb ...in music-hall days
we could trick em with
'Gredd and gutter' - see? -
distance it was. Nah,
telly spoiled all that...
- Peter Reading, 5x5x5x5x5, 1983 Jul 1, 2008