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walkie talkie

walkie talkie is the alternative spelling of walkie-talkie.

Meaning of walkie-talkie

Noun

walkie-talkie (plural walkie-talkies)

  1. A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.
    • It is intended to equip the yard foremen and shunters with "walkie-talkie" apparatus to keep them in close touch with the control office.1962 July, “The Irish Scene”, in Modern Railways, page 11
  2. (rare) A walk and talk.
    • It could be that her walkie-talkie with Naylor had concerned a private matter not connected with what was about to happen to him, ...1947, Nero Wolfe, Too Many Women: A Nero Wolfe Novel

Forms of walkie talkie

pluralwalkie talkies

Questions about walkie talkie

What is walkie talkie the alternative spelling of?
Walkie talkie is the alternative spelling of walkie-talkie.

Words near walkie talkie in the dictionary

  1. Walkey
  2. Walkford
  3. Walkham
  4. Walkhampton
  5. walkie
  6. walkie talkie
  7. walkie talkies
  8. walkie-lookie
  9. walkie-lookies
  10. walkie-talkie
  11. walkie-talkies

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