subdict-logo

telegraph

Definition

  • noun: an old-fashioned system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical signals
  • noun: an apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals
  • verb: to send (a message) by telegraph
  • verb: to send or communicate by or as if by telegraph
  • synonyms: wire, cable, heliograph

Examples

  • He lost the boxing match because he was 'telegraphing' his punches.

  • The look on her face 'telegraphed' bad news.

  • Please 'telegraph' me when you get there.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) for them to come back around. What time is it? Three fifteen. Over in the rest of the part of the complex should be a telegraph office, Send this to Mycroft, Be back here on the hour. latest movies at smallest size and highest quality Thats what you get Mr. Holmes, When the industry marries arms, (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows