Walkman
A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product lineA Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line.
US/wˈɔkmˌæn/
» They use the walkman to listen to the radio.
Meaning
3 sensesA Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line.
A Sony brand for personal portable audio media players.
(derogatory)A street urchin.
Examples
9 sentencesThey use the walkman to listen to the radio.
Ziri grabbed the walkman and sent it flying into the wall.
Ziri turned off his walkman.
I had better take my Walkman.
I haven't seen a Walkman for ages. Are you still using yours?
Origin
A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portaA trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.
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