Telegraph Definition
tĕlĭ-grăf
telegraphed, telegraphing, telegraphs
noun
telegraphs
Any signaling apparatus.
Webster's New World
An apparatus or system that converts a coded message into electric impulses and sends it to a distant receiver: originally, Morse code signals were sent using a key that opened and closed the circuit to activate an electromagnetic sounder, but now teletypewriters, computers, radio and microwave signals, satellites, and lasers are used.
Webster's New World
A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- telegraphy
- transmitter
- wireless telegraph
- Morse telegraph
- radio-telegraph
- wireless
- electric telegraph
verb
telegraphed, telegraphing, telegraphs
To send (a message) by telegraph.
Webster's New World
To send a telegram.
Webster's New World
To make known (a feeling or an attitude, for example) by nonverbal means.
Telegraphed her derision with a smirk.
American Heritage
To send a telegram to.
Webster's New World
To signal (an intended action, decision, etc.) unintentionally to another, as by a gesture or look.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- wire
- cable
- radiotelegraph
- send a cable
- send a wire
- flash
- communicate by telegram
- send a radiogram
- file
Origin of Telegraph
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From French télégraphe.
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