talkie means A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
talkie is pronounced /ˈtɔːki/.
noun
- A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.“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.”
- A song in which the lyrics are spoken rather than sung.“"[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.”