Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telly tennis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: tel-ly ten-nis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The game of Pong, or any TV game closely based on it.

Australian usage; British usage; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The monitored heart-rate on a small screen, like a hesitant green version of the telly tennis he'd played in pubs or railway stations."
"Hooked on telly tennis, or football? We've been carrying out some in-depth testing of (playing with) a TV games unit for you to build."
"He finds them sitting at a small table holding a horizontal video tube and stands watching them play telly tennis."

Etymology

From telly + tennis, the game having a superficial resemblance to table tennis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tele-tennis (alternative) teletennis (alternative)

Questions

What does telly tennis mean?: The game of Pong, or any TV game closely based on it.
Where does telly tennis come from?: From telly + tennis, the game having a superficial resemblance to table tennis.

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