walkie-talkie
noun
a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.
walkie-talkies
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pluralof walkie-talkie.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Long-range walkie-talkies let the driver communicate with kids who have, for obvious reasons, decided to hide under the bed with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Fuad Farhat, 55, from the area's Bab Touma district, was supervising the deployment of several unarmed, black-clad Christian men with walkie-talkies in front of the churches.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
They had parked in the back of the facility, and they had walkie-talkies.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
But as with the many monitors, the walkie-talkies and rotary phones and control panels all worked, a verisimilitude that, to Benesch, made each uninterrupted, carefully choreographed take that much more stressful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
As he got closer, he noticed that the engine was running, and that the two cops inside were murmuring into their walkie-talkies.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
