Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A portable battery-powered two-way radio, usually used for short-range communications.
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- noun A
portable , bi-directional radio transceiver , usually as a pair. - noun rare A walk and talk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small portable radio link (receiver and transmitter)
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Examples
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A line has formed in the nursery school hallway, and Bekki Harris Kaplan, a tall lively woman dressed in a black skirted suit and pearls, breezes to and fro grasping a walkie-talkie, and pauses briefly to help two middle-aged women distribute tickets at the card table that has been set up to block the entrance to the synagogue.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Close-up of the walkie-talkie, a voice comes from it.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Fire: (speaking into walkie-talkie) Hey boss, when you said we had a kid to kidnap you forgot to mention he was superpowered!
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Thin one: (talking into a walkie-talkie) Target sighted, the kid just entered the house.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Thin one: (talking into a walkie-talkie) Target sighted, boss.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Close-up of the walkie-talkie, a voice comes from it.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Herzog is at the top of the slope, communicating with his cameraman through a walkie-talkie.
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Thin one: (talking into a walkie-talkie) Target sighted, the kid just entered the house.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Close-up of the walkie-talkie, a voice comes from it.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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Thin one: (talking into a walkie-talkie) Target sighted, the kid just entered the house.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
tankhughes commented on the word walkie-talkie
walkie talkie - 1939 military slang
the Aaron Sorkin walk and talk (popularized by ER (1994-2009), West Wing, Law and Order)
walk the walk, talk the talk - 1921 Ohio newspaper
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