Home › Words › T › teloptelop/ˈtɛləp/telop means A text or image superimposed on a television screen.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, telop ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.telop is pronounced /ˈtɛləp/.EtymologyA genericization of the trademark TELOP; an acronym of television opaque projector.nounA text or image superimposed on a television screen.e.g.“A telop can be made simply by printing on a 4 × 5 cardboard, or by making a mat print from a 35mm negative.” — 1969, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook, 2nd edition, Wadsworth Publishing, page 259:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).