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personal stereo
noun as in portable music player
Weak matches
- boom box
- box
- Discman™
- ghetto blaster
- iPod™
- MP3 player
- portable
- transistor
- Walkman™
Example Sentences
“And the number one most-common loud sound is music, through personal stereo systems.”
Oddball auction items include JFK’s prized if somewhat garish silk scarf, decorated with bronze Democrat donkeys and blue stars; the creased and stained 1961 inaugural ball invitation that JFK sent to Frank Sinatra; and Kennedy’s personal stereo, including records by Jackie Gleason and other chart-topping artists of the day.
The same month, Sony brought a 21st Century twist to its classic personal stereo the Walkman, a brand it launched in 1979 and retired in 2010, in the form of a high-end digital music player.
I have a personal stereo that moulds to the ears.
Though Mr. Kihara was widely known as “Mr. Walkman,” another engineer actually created the world’s first commercial personal stereo system.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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