talkie
noun
talk·ie
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Definition of talkie
: a motion picture with a synchronized soundtrack
Examples of talkie in a Sentence
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Apple was recently forced to temporarily shut down the walkie talkie app because of a bug that caused a security vulnerability. — Reed Albergotti, oregonlive, "How Apple uses its App Store to copy the best ideas," 6 Sep. 2019 Apple was recently forced to temporarily shut down the walkie talkie app because of a bug that caused a security vulnerability. — Reed Albergotti, Anchorage Daily News, "How Apple uses its App Store to copy the best ideas of others," 5 Sep. 2019 But with the hurricane only a day out, about a dozen people in this tight-knit neighborhood remained Monday and planned to ride out the storm together and coordinate over walkie-talkies. — NBC News, "Hurricane Dorian evacuations: 'The only people on this block who left have the money to do it'," 3 Sep. 2019 Walkie-talkie in hand, Karen Dea, executive director of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, was in charge. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Tens of thousands jam downtown Oakland for Chinatown festival," 24 Aug. 2019 Less than two minutes after the driver uses the walkie-talkie, a group of at least nine people in uniforms jogs from the facility across the street to the truck, which is still surrounded by protesters. — Dakin Andone, CNN, "A truck drove into a line of ICE protesters outside a detention facility in Rhode Island," 16 Aug. 2019 Agencies also can tie the network to apps, including a push-to-talk option that turns cellphones into high-tech walkie-talkies. — Author: Rachel D'oro, Anchorage Daily News, "Big earthquake let Anchorage police test new national broadband network for first responders," 13 June 2019 Deputies also found fortified observation posts, equipped with telescopes and walkie talkies. — Los Angeles Times, "From the Archives: Savage Mystic Cult Blamed for 5 Tate Murders, 6 Others," 28 July 2019 Grainy cameras and walkie-talkie-like devices are being upstaged by motion sensors that clip onto diapers or slip beneath mattresses, cameras that track breathing patterns and socks... — Julie Jargon, WSJ, "Do the Latest Baby Monitors Ease Fears or Add Anxiety?," 9 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'talkie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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talkie
noun
English Language Learners Definition of talkie
old-fashioned
: a movie with sound
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