- telly
- noun (plural tellys; also tellies) Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1939 chiefly British television
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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telly — British English shortening of TELEVISION (Cf. television), attested by 1940 … Etymology dictionary
telly — (television) tel·ly || telɪ n. device which receives television signals and displays them as pictures and sound (British) … English contemporary dictionary
telly — [tel′ē] n. pl. tellies [altered < TELE(VISION)] Brit. informal term for TELEVISION … English World dictionary
telly */ — UK [ˈtelɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms telly : singular telly plural tellies British informal television on (the) telly: There s something I want to see on the telly tonight. watch (the) telly: We were just sitting watching the… … English dictionary
Telly — The word telly may refer to: * The Telly Monster. * The Telly Awards. * The Telly Home Entertainment Server. * American actor Telly Savalas. * A British slang term for ‘television’ … Wikipedia
telly — tel|ly S3 [ˈteli] n plural tellies [U and C] BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: television] television on telly ▪ Is there anything good on telly tonight? … Dictionary of contemporary English
telly — [[t]te̱li[/t]] tellies N VAR A telly is a television. [BRIT, INFORMAL] After a hard day s work most people want to relax in front of the telly. Syn: box, TV (in AM, use TV) … English dictionary
telly — [“teli] n. a television set. (Originally British.) □ What’s on the telly tonight? □ mean, what’s showing on the telly tonight? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
telly — n. television; TV. Let s see what s on the telly tonight … English slang
Telly Savalas — 1980 Nombre real Aristoteles Telly Savalas Nacimiento 21 de enero de 1924 … Wikipedia Español
Telly Savalas — 1980 fotografiert von seinem Neffen Nicholas Savalas Telly Savalas (* 21. Januar 1922 in Garden City, Long Island, New York; † 22. Januar 1994 in Universal City, Kalifornien; eigentlich Aristotelis Savalas) war ein US amerikanischer Schauspieler… … Deutsch Wikipedia
