Used in a Sentence

walkie-talkie

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for walkie-talkie.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of walkie-talkie gathered in one view.

noun

A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.

noun

(rare) A walk and talk.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for walkie-talkie.

noun

A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.

noun

(rare) A walk and talk.

Example sentences

1

The 'eye', the 'Gherkin' and the 'Shard' (as well as the 'walkie-talkie' building and 'cheese-grater') are what the skyline is now.

2

Instead of a sturdy walkie-talkie Why don't you just buy a walkie-talkie?

3

It would make sense to have centralized reporting, but just run that over the internet instead of the walkie-talkie bands.

4

Unless you have the encounter video-taped it's not worth bringing criminal charges against someone for stealing $100 or throwing a walkie-talkie.

5

The thing about Apple is that they keep making the Modernist Future come true - handheld communicators, tablets, and now walkie-talkie watches.

6

Those are the standard sounds made by some brand of walkie-talkie (Motorola I think) to mark begin/end transmission.

7

Are computer uses of walkie-talkie radio bands allowed by the FCC?

8

Simvalley, which is probably just one brand name of many for the same Chinese manufacturer, has a phone which you can also use as walkie-talkie.

9

Or do you have some other radio equipment like a walkie-talkie?

10

We saw the mass exodus of Nextel subscribers (who were cash cows) when Sprint forced users of the popular walkie-talkie feature onto Sprint's inferior Push-to-Talk service.

11

Instead of a sturdy walkie-talkie where I can hear the voices of my friends, talk efficiently in real sentences and I can look where I'm going all the time.

12

I'd have guessed that a carrier group puts out enough radio to locate using a walkie-talkie with a retuned crystal, let alone a purpose-built passive array of any sensitivity.

Quote examples

1

As William Gibson put it: "The street finds it's own uses for things." Back before cell phones, Motorola sold a lot of walkie-talkie type radios.

2

"Phablet" is definitely a bad name, I say we call it like the "Walkie-talkie", a "Walkie-talkie-browsie-typie" device.

Proper noun examples

1

Walkie-talkie-browsie-typie I'm going to respectfully disagree with you on that name.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use walkie-talkie in a sentence?

The 'eye', the 'Gherkin' and the 'Shard' (as well as the 'walkie-talkie' building and 'cheese-grater') are what the skyline is now.

What does walkie-talkie mean?

A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.

What part of speech is walkie-talkie?

walkie-talkie is commonly used as noun.