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walk⋅y-talk⋅y

[waw-kee-taw-kee]
–noun, plural -talk⋅ies.
walkie-talkie.

walk⋅ie-talk⋅ie

[waw-kee-taw-kee]
–noun Radio.
a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; see walk, talk, -ie
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walk·ie-talk·ie also walk·y-talk·y   (wô'kē-tô'kē)   
n.   pl. walk·ie-talk·ies also walk·y-talk·ies
A battery-powered portable sending and receiving radio set.
walk·y-talk·y   (wô'kē-tô'kē)   
n.  Variant of walkie-talkie.
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Word Origin & History

walkie-talkie 
1939, popularized in World War II army slang, from walk + talk.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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