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I got a Walkman, I had the 'Footloose' soundtrack and I danced to it constantly.
Craig Brewer

Meaning of "Walkman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WALKMAN

Walkman  [ˈwɔːkmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WALKMAN

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Walkman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WALKMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Walkman

Walkman

Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette players, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of former Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits by allowing people to carry music with them and listen to music through lightweight headphones. The prototype was built in 1978 by audio-division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony co-chairman Akio Morita, who wanted to be able to listen to operas during his frequent trans-Pacific plane trips. The original Walkman was marketed in 1979 as the Walkman in Japan and, from 1980, the Soundabout in many other countries including the US, Freestyle in Sweden and the Stowaway in the UK. Advertising, despite all the foreign languages, still attracted thousands of buyers in the US specifically. Morita hated the name "Walkman" and asked that it be changed, but relented after being told by junior executives that a promotion campaign had already begun using the brand name and that it would be too expensive to change.

Definition of Walkman in the English dictionary

The definition of Walkman in the dictionary is ® a small portable media player with light headphones.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WALKMAN


brinkman
ˈbrɪŋkmən
Hackman
ˈhækmən
jackman
ˈdʒækmən
jarkman
ˈdʒɑːkmən
kirkman
ˈkɜːkmən
linkman
ˈlɪŋkmən
lockman
ˈlɒkmən
milkman
ˈmɪlkmən
packman
ˈpækmən
pikeman
ˈpaɪkmən
stickman
ˈstɪkmən
stockman
ˈstɒkmən
trackman
ˈtrækmən
truckman
ˈtrʌkmən
Turkman
ˈtɜːkmən
tutworkman
ˈtʌtˌwɜːkmən
tutworkmen
ˈtʌtˈwɜːkmən
wakeman
ˈweɪkmən
workman
ˈwɜːkmən
workmen
ˈwɜːkmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WALKMAN

Walking Horse
walking leaf
walking pace
walking papers
walking race
walking shoe
walking stick
walking tour
walking trip
walkout
walkover
walkshorts
walkway
walky-talkies
walky-talky
Walkyrie

WORDS THAT END LIKE WALKMAN

as one man
attackman
batman
bookman
cayman
chairman
deskman
Eijkman
Ekman
german
Hoffman
human
junkman
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markman
Oman
roman
ruckman
to a man
woman

Synonyms and antonyms of Walkman in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Walkman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WALKMAN

Find out the translation of Walkman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Walkman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Walkman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

随身听
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Walkman
570 millions of speakers

English

Walkman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वॉकमेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كمان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Walkman
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Walkman
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

WALKMAN
260 millions of speakers

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walkman
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Walkman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Walkman
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウォークマン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

워크맨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Walkman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Walkman
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாக்மேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वॉकमेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Walkman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

walkman
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Walkman
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Walkman
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Walkman
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Walkman
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Walkman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Walkman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Walkman
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Walkman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WALKMAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WALKMAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Walkman

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9 QUOTES WITH «WALKMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Walkman.
1
Amy Adams
I was one of seven, and we took a lot of road trips - long road trips. And this was before iPhones and iPads and DVD players in cars. I remember how novel it was when I got my own Walkman so I could listen to music.
2
Craig Brewer
I got a Walkman, I had the 'Footloose' soundtrack and I danced to it constantly.
3
James Corden
The truth of why I used to listen to Arrested Development on my Walkman was because if I didn't, it would take me 20 minutes to walk to school. If I did, it took me 15. That's the reason I loved it. I just had more of a kick in my step, more of a bounce, so I'd walk quicker.
4
Lou Gramm
It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing.
5
Derek Luke
Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.
6
Darren Robinson
I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by Guns 'N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I'll never forget that.
7
Kevin Rollins
When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well, you don't hear about the Walkman anymore.
8
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music. I listen to music on a Walkman; it's from the 19th century, I know.
9
Tony Verna
The next innovation, Sensavision, will be like a Walkman attached to your forehead. You won't actually have your head wired because infrared wires will send signals to you. In 2007 Mick Jagger will be on stage, and when Mick feels heat, you'll feel heat.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WALKMAN»

Discover the use of Walkman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Walkman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman
This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman.
Paul du Gay, 1997
2
Strategic Marketing: Assessment of why the Sony Walkman ...
Keywords: Sony, Apple, Ipod, Iphone, analysis, SWOT, position mapping, strategy, strategic implications, market analysis, macro environmental, PEST, market profile, key factors of success integrated system, repositioning strategy, marketing ...
Markus Baum, Marco Hackstein, Marcel Mehling, 2012
3
Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Technology-Based ...
In the final stages of team discussion, a consensus took place, and "Walkman" was decided upon as the product name. The consensus took place in the absence of Morita, and he was furious to learn the name upon his return. However, he ...
Michael J. C. Martin, 1994
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Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music
Over the decade and now into the nineties the Walkman has offered access to a portable soundtrack that, unlike the transistor radio, car stereo and the explicitly opposed intention of the bassboosted "ghetto blaster" or "boogie box," is, above ...
Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner, 2004
5
Consumerism: As a Way of Life
In order to illustrate this point I want very briefly to consider the design of two particular types of consumer goods: the Sony Walkman, as discussed by du Gay et al. (1997), and Levi jeans, as represented in the work of Fiske (1989). The Sony ...
Steven Miles, 1998
6
The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, ...
58 Walkman: Books consulted on the history of the Walkman include Sony's official history, Genryu (Tokyo: Sony Corporation, 1996); Akio Morita with Edwin M. Reingold and Mitsuko Shimomura, Made in Japan (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1986); ...
Steven Levy, 2006
7
New Scientist
T SONY has announced a second generation of Walkman, the portable stereo cassette player that proved to be the consumer electronics hit of 1980. The new machine is even lighter and smaller than Walkman I, called Stowaway when Sony ...
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Sony
The Walkman was launched in Japan on July 17, 1979, more than three weeks behind Morita's deadline, and for a stomach-churning month, nothing happened. Then, from mid-August on, dealers had trouble keeping their shelves stocked.
John Nathan, 2001
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Material culture : critical concepts in the social sciences. ...
In particular, we will focus upon the role of design in 'lifestyling' a range of Sony products - including two versions of the Walkman - targeted at young children, what the company terms their 'My First Sony' range. As we indicated in sections 1  ...
Victor Buchli, 2004
10
Billboard
And in that regard, the Walkman has some serious catching up to do. Today's Walkman MP3 players support only one streaming music service: Napster to Go. Users can download subscription tracks from Napster and transfer them to their ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WALKMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Walkman is used in the context of the following news items.
1
SeaBus resumes service after suspicious package scare turns out to …
The bomb squad sent in a robot and a sniffer dog to investigate the suspicious package, but discovered the device was an "old style Walkman music player," ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
2
Sony to spin off Walkman unit
TOKYO — Sony Corp. announced Wednesday that it will spin off its video and sound business unit, well known for its Walkman audio player, and establish a ... «The Denver Post, Feb 15»
3
A $1200 Walkman? Sony Pins Its Hopes on High-Quality Sound
The electronics and entertainment giant has debuted 10 audio-related products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but the $1,200 Walkman ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
4
Sony launches new £949 Walkman at the Consumer Electronics Show
The original cassette Walkman was launched in 1979, sold 220 million units and has been through various incarnations including the CD Walkman, MiniDisc ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
5
Hands-on with the new Walkman: Sony is bringing the music player …
Sony's new Walkman is compatible with just about every file format you can name, including FLAC, Apple Lossless(ALAC), MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, WMA, Linear ... «BGR, Sep 14»
6
Sony's Walkman Makes Comeback
The new Walkman quickly sold out after hitting Japanese stores in December. Since February, the product has made its debut in Europe and other parts of Asia, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»
7
Happy 35th birthday, Walkman
It was 35 years ago Tuesday that Sony, not Apple, revolutionized the way we listen to music. The Walkman, a portable cassette player that, for the first time, let us ... «CNN, Jul 14»
8
Kids introduced to Walkman cassette players, hilarity ensues
Watch the next generation of gadget lovers attempt to use outdated tech like tape cassettes and a Walkman. Get ready to feel old thanks to the latest "Kids React" ... «CNET, Apr 14»
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Sony shows off its waterproof Walkman... by packaging it in a water …
If those ads showing swimmers rocking Sony's new Walkman haven't convinced you it's really waterproof, then get this: you can buy one packaged inside a full ... «Engadget, Feb 14»
10
Sony crams music player and speakers into Walkman WH Series …
Sony has combined three devices into one to create the new Walkman WH Series headphones, saving you space in your overloaded backpack and eliminating ... «Gizmag, Sep 13»

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