speak
Verb
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is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelingssubtypes:
- read - look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- phonate, vocalise, vocalize - utter speech sounds
- troll - speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- begin - begin to speak or say
- lip off, shoot one's mouth off - speak spontaneously and without restraint
- shout - utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
- whisper - speak softly; in a low voice
- peep - speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
- speak up - speak louder; raise one's voice
- snap, snarl - utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- enthuse - utter with enthusiasm
- speak in tongues - speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy
- swallow - utter indistinctly
- verbalise, verbalize - be verbose
- whiff - utter with a puff of air
- talk about, talk of - discuss or mention
- blubber, blubber out - utter while crying
- drone, drone on - talk in a monotonous voice
- bumble, falter, stammer, stutter - speak haltingly
- rasp - utter in a grating voice
- blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate - utter impulsively
- inflect, modulate, tone - vary the pitch of one's speech
- deliver, present - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- generalise, generalize - speak or write in generalities
- blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- chatter - make noise as if chattering away
- jaw, rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away - talk incessantly and tiresomely
- open up - talk freely and without inhibition
- snivel, whine - talk in a tearful manner
- murmur - speak softly or indistinctly
- maunder, mumble, mussitate, mutter - talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
- slur - utter indistinctly
- bark - speak in an unfriendly tone
- bay - utter in deep prolonged tones
- jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
- hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz - express or utter with a hiss
- cackle - talk or utter in a cackling manner
- babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
- chant, intone, tone - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- gulp - utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
- sing - produce tones with the voice
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is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelingssubtypes:
- carry on, continue, go on, proceed - continue talking
- discourse, dissertate, hold forth - talk at length and formally about a topic
- pontificate - talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
- orate - talk pompously
- talk down - speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
- spiel - speak at great length (about something)
- dogmatise, dogmatize - speak dogmatically
- cheek - speak impudently to
- level - talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- talk turkey - discuss frankly, often in a business context
- monologuise, monologuize, soliloquise, soliloquize - talk to oneself
- converse, discourse - carry on a conversation
- butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- dish the dirt, gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
- rap - talk volubly
same as: talk -
is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelingssubtypes:same as: talk
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subtypes:
- blaze away - speak with fire and passion
- memorialise, memorialize - address in a memorial
- keynote - give the keynote address to (an audience)
- harangue - deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
same as: address -
is a type of: sound - give off a certain sound or sounds
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