Usually means: Early films with synchronized sound.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. talkie: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. talkie: Merriam-Webster
  3. talkie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. talkie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. talkie: Collins English Dictionary
  6. talkie: Vocabulary.com
  7. Talkie, talkie: Wordnik
  8. talkie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. talkie: Wiktionary
  10. talkie: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. talkie: Dictionary.com
  12. talkie: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. talkie: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Talkie: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. talkie: Rhymezone
  16. talkie: FreeDictionary.org
  17. talkie: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. talkie: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talkie: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (informal, dated or historical) A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
noun:  (dated or historical) A song in which the lyrics are spoken rather than sung.

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