Meaning of telly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Television.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable
2. A hotel or motel.
   Canada, US, slang
3. A television set.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable
4. Telegraph.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable
5. Telephone.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable
6. Teleport.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable
7. Telecommunication.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Not much on telly tonight, as usual!”

“You're from telly!”

“[...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.”

“We've got a new flat-screen telly.”

“I'm staying at the telly this weekend.”

CEFR level