telly
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛli/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛli
Etymology 1
Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
Noun
telly (usually uncountable, plural tellys or tellies) (chiefly Commonwealth nations and Ireland)
- (colloquial) Television.
- 2007 August 24', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1:
- You're from telly!
- 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How We Made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in Rail, number 934, page 48:
- [...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.
- Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
- 2007 August 24', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1:
- (colloquial) A television set.
- We've got a new flat-screen telly.
Usage notes
The plural is not used in the US.
Synonyms
- tube (US), TV, tele (UK, rare)
Derived terms
- telly tennis
Translations
television (medium) — See also translations at television
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television set — See also translations at television
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Etymology 2
Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.
Noun
telly (plural tellies)
- (US, Canada, chiefly MTE, slang) A hotel or motel.
- I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
Anagrams
- Lytle