SOUND OUT
Definition:
- [verb] speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
Synonyms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say
- [verb] try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor"
Synonyms: check out, feel out
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Related Words:
- twang
- devoice
- raise
- lilt
- palatalize, palatalise
- nasalize, nasalise
- mispronounce
- aspirate
- voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
- retroflex
- subvocalize, subvocalise
- syllabize, syllabise
- drawl
- round, labialize, labialise
- lisp
- stress, accent, accentuate
- vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise
- click
- trill
- sibilate
- flap
- explode
- roll
