telegraph

A communications system that transmits and receives simple unmodulated electric impulses, especially one in which the transmission and reception stations are directly connected by wires.

A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.

To transmit (a message) by telegraph.

To send or convey a message to (a recipient) by telegraph.

To make known (a feeling or an attitude, for example) by nonverbal means.

To make known (an intended action, for example) in advance or unintentionally.

To send or transmit a telegram.

In cricket, the score-board upon which numbers indicating the progress of the game are displayed.

In ship-building, an apparatus for transmitting and receiving orders mechanically.