0 present participle of telegraph --
1 to send a message to someone using the telegraph system: --
2 to communicate a message or impression to someone, or make it clear what you are going to do, often by the way you act: --
Deception measures were also widely used, with diversionary operations across a broad area, and troop movements timed until the last minute, to avoid telegraphing the main points of attack.
Telegraphing signals the intent to the opponent and increases the likelihood the strike will not be effective.
For example, a boxer rotating his shoulders to throw a hook would be telegraphing.
In prison, she discovers another prisoner who is electrically telegraphing messages.
Telegraphing always refers to a reflexive physical action rather than a protracted or intellectual give-away.
A rugby team betraying its line-out plays by using an easily decoded line-out code is "not" telegraphing.
In other words, they recognised that they would have to make some concessions, so they decided that they would save themselves some trouble by telegraphing the concession in advance.
The fish that was frozen could then be distributed cheaply at a flat rate without the expense of the telephoning and telegraphing that the fresh fish trade demands.
