walkie-talkie
noun
walk·ie-talk·ie
ˌwȯ-kē-ˈtȯ-kē 
ˈwȯ-kē-ˌtȯ-
: a compact easily transportable battery-operated radio transmitting and receiving set
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The Military Intelligence Directorate had stopped listening in real time to Hamas walkie-talkies.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Hezbollah’s leadership appeared to have no sense of how deeply Israeli intelligence had penetrated its ranks, booby-trapping the group’s pagers and walkie-talkies and picking off its senior commanders, culminating in the assassination of its secretary-general of 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
School safety agents searched his bag and found an orange MTA vest, an MTA ID card, multiple transit walkie-talkies, train keys and other tools, according to the sources.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
The group also communicates with each other using walkie-talkies.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Hezbollah’s leadership appeared to have no sense of how deeply Israeli intelligence had penetrated its ranks, booby-trapping the group’s pagers and walkie-talkies and picking off its senior commanders, culminating in the assassination of its secretary-general of 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
School safety agents searched his bag and found an orange MTA vest, an MTA ID card, multiple transit walkie-talkies, train keys and other tools, according to the sources.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
The group also communicates with each other using walkie-talkies.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Walkie-talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walkie-talkie. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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