walkie-talkie

or walk·y-talk·y

[ waw-kee-taw-kee ]

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nounRadio.

a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.

Origin of walkie-talkie

1935–40, Americanism;see walk, talk, -ie

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How to use walkie-talkie in a sentence

Back at police headquarters, Chief of Police Michael Floore Sr. ran out of the detective bureau, barking into a walkie talkie.
The Disappearing Cops of East St. Louis | Justin Glawe | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A 36-story tower designed by Rafael Vinoly nicknamed the “walkie-talkie” curves outward as it rises, ungainly and jarring.
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But she later said Forde “looked like” the camouflage-clad female home invader barking orders into a walkie talkie.
Minuteman Murderer, Shawna Forde, Speaks | Terry Greene Sterling | February 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
He carried a clipboard and something that looked like a cross between a World War II-era walkie-talkie and a 1990s cellphone.
How I Got Through Airport Security with No I.D. | Anita Allen | November 25, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
He traced the circuit to where it disappeared into the oscillator switch, then took the walkie-talkie.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin

Each security man had been informed by the miniature walkie-talkie he wore.
Space Platform | Murray Leinster
"Might be relaying messages on from a walkie-talkie or something like that," Buck commented.
The Defiant Agents | Andre Alice Norton
In the airlessness, anything anybody said by walkie-talkie could be heard by everybody.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
A black-haired housewife spied them over her back fence, crossed herself and grabbed her walkie-talkie from the laundry basket.
Bread Overhead | Fritz Reuter Leiber

British Dictionary definitions for walkie-talkie

walkie-talkie

walky-talky

/ (ˌwɔːkɪˈtɔːkɪ) /

nounplural -talkies

a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, usually operating on shortwave, that can be carried around by one person: widely used by the police, medical services, etc

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