telly

Converse of object

• watch: TV License We pay to watch the telly in the UK, no matter how much or how little we watch TV.
• put: I got a phone call from my dad to say put the telly on, there had been an incident in London.
• buy: Recently, realizing we'd have to switch to digital one of these days, we decided to buy a new telly.
• turn: I guess these Pharisees wouldn't have even allowed you to turn the telly on.

Preposition: for

• sport: There is a pool table and telly for the sports.

Adjective modifier

• daytime: Let's face it, daytime telly is pretty terrible - like most telly actually.
• terrestrial: Kids don't play cricket these days at school, without it on terrestrial telly, what chance do they have to be inspired!
• big: We also spotted board games for use by punters, plus a big telly for sporting events.
• British: THE NEW WAVE OF BRITISH SCI-FI The state of British fantasy telly is looking pretty damn healthy!
• digital: It connects to the TV using the Scart and picks up digital telly!
• white: What happens if you're playing with a black and white telly, then?

Modifies a noun

• addict: Traditionally, British telly addicts have had to wait weeks or months to see US shows.
• tonight: Anyway - what else can you find on telly tonight?
• program: Well I haven't really, only in the sense of the telly program of the same name.
• show: Can you guess what my top telly show is?

Noun used with modifier

• watch: I go to work, chat to people, watch telly in the evening.
• breakfast: Breakfast telly was all about routine, repetition with a rolling bank of viewers unable to give more than 15 minutes of their time.
• screen: All too often the result is you end up paying for that flat screen plasma telly for thirty years.
• morning: The usual: Saturday morning telly, wander round Bromley shopping center, battle for food in the Savacentre.
• night: Channel 4's recent Top Ten series was, by common consensus, the best Saturday night telly for ages.