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walky-talky

walky-talky is the alternative form 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 walky-talky

pluralwalky-talkies

Questions about walky-talky

What is walky-talky the alternative form of?
Walky-talky is the alternative form of walkie-talkie.

Words near walky-talky in the dictionary

  1. Walkuskis
  2. walkway
  3. walkwayed
  4. walkways
  5. walky-talkies
  6. walky-talky
  7. Walkyr
  8. Walkyrian
  9. Walkyrie
  10. Walkyries
  11. Walkyrs

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