walkman
/wˈɔkmˌæn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Pigs' ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food.
Informal; Uncountable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of walkman.
Example Sentences
- "Because I can't stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore. You're carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape. We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket."
- "He places the Walkman in the case alongside a Panasonic wallet-size cordless portable finding Easa-phone (he used to own the NEC 9000 Porta portable) and pulls out today’s newspaper."
- "Outside the toilets school parties from France and Germany stood in stiff groups photographing themselves. They talked loudly without removing their Walkmans. Their headsets sizzled and tished."
- "But it took a decade to make any impression on the mainstream – people stuck with cassettes for recording, and Walkmen and Discmen for portability – and almost as soon as it did, it was killed by the MP3 player."