Talkie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɔːki/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Talkie is a noun meaning (informal, dated or historical) A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
Meaning
(informal, dated or historical) A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
More Meanings
- (dated or historical) A song in which the lyrics are spoken rather than sung.
Example Sentences
“We have just returned from the talkies.” “They should never have added sound. There was pop music and people talking all the way through it.”
"[Love] Jones," [named after] a slang expression for addiction, was a string-infested talkie-thing that surprised many folks when it mounted for the upper reaches of Billboard’s pop charts.
On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
Word Forms
- talkies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include walkie, speakie, talkie-walkie, walkie-talkie, tale, talky-talky.
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