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Walkman.

A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line.

  2. A Sony brand for personal portable audio media players.

  3. A street urchin.

    derogatory
Where this word comes from

A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of walkman.

    alt-of
Where this word comes from

A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.