Definition of "talkie"

talkie

/ˈtɔːki/

noun
plural talkies
1. (informal, dated or historical) A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
  Quotations
  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.
  2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27
2. (dated or historical) A song in which the lyrics are spoken rather than sung.
  Quotations
  "[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.
  1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 292