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telly Definition

telly (telē)

noun pl. -·lies

Brit., Informal television

Etymology: altered < tele(vision)

telly Usage Examples

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.

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