walkie-talkie

plural walkie-talkies · alternative walkie talkie · alternative walky-talky

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

   It is intended to equip the yard foremen and shunters with "walkie-talkie" apparatus to keep them in close touch with the control office.

   1962 July, “The Irish Scene”, in Modern Railways, page 11

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   A walkie-talkie is a handheld, portable, two-way radio transceiver. It includes a half-duplex channel (only one radio transmits at a time, though any number can listen) and a push-to-talk switch that starts transmission.

   2009, L. K. Bandyopadhyay, S. K. Chaulya, P. K. Mishra, Wireless Communication in Underground Mines: RFID-based Sensor Networking, Springer,, →ISBN

2. rareA walk and talk.

   Go on a walkie-talkie. Everyone goes on a 15-minute brisk walk and talks about their day.

   1993, B. Kaye Olson, Energy Secrets for Tired Mothers on the Run, Health Communications,, →ISBN, page 153

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   It could be that her walkie-talkie with Naylor had concerned a private matter not connected with what was about to happen to him, ...

   1947, Nero Wolfe, Too Many Women: A Nero Wolfe Novel