ALL meanings of bush telegraph
bush tel·e·graph
B b - noun bush telegraph a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats 3
- noun bush telegraph a means of spreading rumour, gossip, etc 3
- noun bush telegraph any system of communication in which the natives of a jungle or bush region transmit news rapidly, as by runners, drum codes, or smoke signals. 1
- noun bush telegraph Australian. any chain of communications by which criminals, originally bushrangers, are warned of police movements. Slang. rumor; the grapevine. 1
- noun bush telegraph (Idiomatic) A system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals. 0
- noun bush telegraph (Idiomatic) A gossip network. 0