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Walkman

American  
[wawk-muhn, -man] / ˈwɔk mən, -ˌmæn /
Trademark.

  1. a brand name for a kind of portable audio player, especially a cassette player and radio, used with headphones.

Walkman British  
/ ˈwɔːkmən /

noun

  1. a small portable media player with light headphones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Walkman

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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Afeela vehicles aim to do for driving what the Sony Walkman did for walking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The VCR was also the leading edge of a cluster of inexpensive consumer electronics in the 1980s that transformed domestic life: the Walkman, answering machines, videogames, video cameras and PCs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The show stays almost entirely true to the 1995 film, with everyone sporting the latest 90s fashions, carrying a glitzy pager, and listening to angsty teen bangers on a Walkman.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

Every new media invention has caused moral panic: radio, TV, the Walkman.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

Without the sound of the engine Gogol can hear an opera playing faindy on someone’s Walkman.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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