squawk box

noun

: an intercom speaker

Examples of squawk box in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1964, the Bessemer restaurant installed one of the region’s first drive-through squawk boxes; Bob had to teach customers to drive up rather than park and walk to the window. — Eric Velasco, al.com, 3 June 2019

In the late 1940s, the California chain In-N-Out Burger introduced the two-way squawk box. — New York Times, 8 Mar. 2021

When Nyberg and McArthur follow along with Hurley and Behnken’s SpaceX mission—listening in on their laptops, not squawk boxes—they’ll understand every word. — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 25 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for squawk box

• botox
• checkbox
• comox
• cornstalks
• cowpox
• crosswalks
• deadlocks
• detox
• feedstocks
• gearbox
• hemlocks
• icebox