comm badge

British

noun

a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest

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Etymology

Origin of comm badge

C21: from communications

Example Sentences

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And she sends a message to her old captain and sort of crush, Jean-Luc, to say that she needs him — but she does so through his old comm badge using a secret code.

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