<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.</li><li>Nautical: An apparatus, usually mechanical, for transmitting and receiving orders between the bridge of a ship and the engine room or some other part of the engineering department.</li><li>A message sent by telegraph; a telegram.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) To transmit or send (a message) by telegraph.</li><li>To send a message to (a person) by telegraph.</li><li>Informal: To divulge or indicate unwittingly (one's intention, next offensive move, etc.), as to an opponent or to an audience; broadcast.</li><li>(Used without object) To send a message by telegraph.</li></ul>