telegraph

  1. Noun.  (historical) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
  2. Verb.  To send a message by telegraph.
  3. Verb.  To give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.
  4. Verb.  To show one's intended action unintentionally.

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