"walkie-talkie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: walkie-talkies [plural]
Etymology: From walking + talking. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|walking|talking}} walking + talking Head templates: {{en-noun}} walkie-talkie (plural walkie-talkies)
  1. A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (portable radio): ܦܪܵܣܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ (prasmālala) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), ра́цыя (rácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), 步話機 (Chinese Mandarin), 步话机 (bùhuàjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 對講機 (Chinese Mandarin), 对讲机 (duìjiǎngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), vysílačka [feminine] (Czech), walkie-talkie [common-gender] (Danish), walkie-talkie (Dutch), radiopuhelin (Finnish), talkie-walkie [masculine] (French), portatif [masculine] (French), walkie-talkie [masculine] (French), walkie-talkie [masculine] (Galician), Walkie-Talkie [neuter] (German), Handfunkgerät [neuter] (German), radioaraq angallattagaq (Greenlandic), adóvevő (Hungarian), labbrabbtæki [neuter] (Icelandic), トランシーバー (toranshībā) (Japanese), ウォーキートーキー (wōkītōkī) (Japanese), 워키토키 (wokitoki) (Korean), walkie-talkie (Malay), krótkofalówka [feminine] (Polish), walkie-talkie [masculine] (Portuguese), ра́ция (rácija) [feminine] (Russian), приёмопереда́тчик (prijomoperedátčik) [masculine] (Russian), уо́ки-то́ки (uóki-tóki) [neuter] (Russian), во́ки-то́ки (vóki-tóki) [neuter] (Russian), walkie-talkie [masculine] (Spanish), radio portátil [masculine] (Spanish), telsiz (Turkish), ра́ція (rácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), máy bộ đàm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-walkie-talkie-en-noun-F9VoJT3c Disambiguation of Electronics: 80 20 Categories (other): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'portable radio': 100 0
  2. (rare) A walk and talk. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-walkie-talkie-en-noun-JClAqhbf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: walkie talkie, walky-talky

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "walkie-talkie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rácija",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijomoperedátčik",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приёмопереда́тчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uóki-tóki",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уо́ки-то́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vóki-tóki",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "во́ки-то́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "walkie-talkie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "radio portátil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "word": "telsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rácija",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "portable radio",
      "word": "máy bộ đàm"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "walkie-talkie"
  ],
  "word": "walkie-talkie"
}

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