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Meaning of "bush telegraph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUSH TELEGRAPH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUSH TELEGRAPH

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Bush telegraph is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUSH TELEGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bush telegraph in the English dictionary

The definition of bush telegraph in the dictionary is a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats. Other definition of bush telegraph is a means of spreading rumour, gossip, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUSH TELEGRAPH

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BUSH TELEGRAPH

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Synonyms and antonyms of bush telegraph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bush telegraph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUSH TELEGRAPH

Find out the translation of bush telegraph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bush telegraph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bush telegraph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

布什电报
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Bush Telegraph
570 millions of speakers

English

bush telegraph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुश टेलीग्राफ
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بوش التلغراف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Буш телеграф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arbusto telégrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুশ টেলিগ্রাফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Bush Telegraph
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telegraf belukar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Urwaldtelefon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブッシュ電信
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부시 대통령은 전신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telegraph bush
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bụi điện báo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புஷ் தந்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुश तार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çalı telgraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bush Telegraph
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bush Telegraph
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Буш телеграф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bush Telegraph
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bush Telegraph
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Bush Telegraph
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bush Telegraph
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bush Telegraph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bush telegraph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUSH TELEGRAPH»

The term «bush telegraph» is normally little used and occupies the 119.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUSH TELEGRAPH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bush telegraph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUSH TELEGRAPH»

Discover the use of bush telegraph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bush telegraph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bush Telegraph: Discovering the Pacific Province
"A collection of beautifully written stories" -"The Islander" Winner of a BC 2000 Book Award.
Stephen Hume, 1999
2
Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2004: Third International ...
The Bush Telegraph: Networked Cooperative Music-Making Rodney Berry, Mao Makino, Naoto Hikawa, and Masami Suzuki ATR Media Information Science Laboratories 2-2-2 Hikaridai, 'Keihanna Science City', Kyoto 619-0288, Japan ...
Matthias Rauterberg, 2004
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The Dinkum Dictionary
Susan Butler. bush telegraph bush telegraph 'I was just coming along to your office to give you this. From Roy and me. The bush telegraph tells us that you and that gorgeous great Dutchman have gone and—well, that you're doing things ...
Susan Butler, 2010
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A Touch of Africa: Part II: Onto the Amazon
A truly amazing phenomenon challenged my beliefs...bush telegraph. Simply put, bush telegraph is magic. Messages are transmitted over long distances without the benefit of mechanical means or so I was led to believe. As a normal skeptic, ...
Bert D'Amico, 2010
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... in color. bush telegraph field telegraph bush telegraph - (also: bush wireless) rapid dissemination of rumors, information, etc. (by word-of-mouth): 'How did the Imam get to know about it?" 'The bush telegraph works very well, here in Bahrain.
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Outside the Magic Square: A Handbook for Food Security
Bush Telegraph, ABC Radio National, 25/5/2010) Farmers v. Miners: Hands offour land (Australian, 23/7/2009) Youth Don't Feel the Lure of the Land (Courier , Mount Barker, South Australia, 12/5/2010) Over 100,000 farm workers are needed.
Lolo Houbein, 2012
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Australian National Bibliography
Bush telegraph (Darwin, N.T.). Bush telegraph : the newsletter of the Arts Council of Australia (NT Division) Inc. Began in 1991? Darwin, NT. : Arts Council of Australia (NT Division). 700.9942905 Bush time, station time. Bush tune, station tune.
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Mark Forysth's Gemel Edition: The Etymologicon and The ...
InAmerica, the telegraph had been around since1844 and it tookAmericans only sixyears before they had invented their version of bush telegraph. The grapevine telegraph became famous during theAmerican Civil War, but nobodyis sure ...
Mark Forsyth, 2012
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden ...
... arm of thelaw was reaching. This irritating and unofficial systemof communication became known as the bush telegraph. The bush telegraph isn't recorded until 1878,but that's because the telegraph wasn't introduced to Australiaatall ...
Mark Forsyth, 2011
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Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam: Misfits in America
But even though he did not often use the radio, the Viet Namese had some sort of bush telegraph warning system, which they said worked as fast as radio communication. This seemed like a pretty amazing claim, and they never explained ...
Lawrence R. Velvel, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUSH TELEGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bush telegraph is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Your July Number's Up
The last July winner with saddle cloth 16 was Bush Telegraph. He was partnered to victory by Hollywood-sponsored trainer Garth Puller in ... «Sporting Post, Jul 15»
2
Calling all women from the land
RING RING: Karen Dusting wants to give out free mobile phones to connect women on the land through the Bush Telegraph project. USUALLY ... «Armidale Express, Jul 15»
3
Advisory group to be rural voice
Instead the group would act as "virtual bush telegraph" to air feelings on issues which affect the rural community, he said. "The vision is to ... «Marlborough Express, Jun 15»
4
Record price no surprise in upward trend
Though hard to estimate what other steers of the same weight made on the day, Mr McMahon reassured the Bush Telegraph that "they weren't ... «Warwick Daily News, Jun 15»
5
A week for hard grief and for quiet pride
... on this occasion, perhaps because these kids were products of the social-media age, it seemed like a perfectly appropriate bush telegraph, ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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Farmers plead for common sense over health and safety
He said he had heard rumours about proposed strict new regulations circulating throughout the bush telegraph, but the fact the legislation had ... «Hawke's Bay Today, Jun 15»
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For a whole generation of J1 students, life will never be the same …
As the hours passed, the bush telegraph of the modern age gathered pace among our J1 contingent on America's west coast. The enormity of ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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Mental health in spotlight
The beauty of that was that "the old bush telegraph" was still at play. "We get our referral and advocacy on the spot from locals. We don't have to ... «Queensland Country Life, Jun 15»
9
Impression management
Just as it was impossible in an earlier age to mould the bush telegraph - or its Indian variant, bazaar chatter - to suit 'national interests', political ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
10
Plant science: Rediscovering the bush telegraph
Plant science: Rediscovering the bush telegraph. Ian T. Baldwin,. Journal name: Nature; Volume: 522,; Pages: 282–283; Date published: (18 ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bush telegraph [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bush-telegraph>. May 2024 ».
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