telly

Plural: tellies, tellys

Noun

• A colloquial British term for a television set.
• an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
  • "the British call a tv set a telly"
• Television.
• A television set.
• Telegraph.
• Telephone.
• Teleport.
• Telecommunication.
• A hotel or motel.

Adj

• Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).

Examples

• He preferred playing Scrabble on his telly rather than a small phone screen.
• I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
• Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
• We've got a new flat-screen telly.

Synonyms

boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, tv, tv set, TV, tube