walkman
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Walkman
A portable personal audio cassette player with headphonesA portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
US/wˈɔkmˌæn/
» They use the walkman to listen to the radio.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
Walkman
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(Philippines, informal, uncountable)Pigs' ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food.
More definitions
- (trademark) a pocket-sized stereo system with light weight earphones
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?
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
personal cassette player:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
personal cassette player:
Origin
(cassette player): Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark Walkman.(cassette player): Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark Walkman.
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Forms
plural: walkmans / walkmenWord family
1 related wordsRelateddiscman
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable