talkie
Plural: talkies
Noun
- An early sound film, as distinct from silent movies.
- a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
- A song in which the lyrics are spoken rather than sung.
Examples
- His grandparents reminisced about the days before TALKIES, much like he lamented the era before Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Clipping of talking picture, via + -ie, and thus morphologically parallel with movie.
Synonyms
talking picture
Scrabble Score: 10
talkie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtalkie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
talkie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
talkie: valid Words With Friends Word