vocalization

1. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract (synset 107125323)
   "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
   is a type of: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
   subtypes:

   • singing voice - the musical quality of the voice while singing
   • sprechgesang, sprechstimme - a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking
   • voice over - the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program
   same as: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, voice, vox
2. The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication (synset 107124555)
   is a type of: auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing
   subtypes:

   • roll call - calling out an official list of names
   • call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
   • cry, yell - a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
   • croak, croaking - a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
   • exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance
   • expletive - a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
   • groan, moan - an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
   • ahem, hem - the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
   • howl, howling, ululation - a long loud emotional utterance
   • laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing
   • mumble - a soft indistinct utterance
   • paging - calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)
   • profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action
   • pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word
   • exultation, jubilation, rejoicing - the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
   • sigh, suspiration - an utterance made by exhaling audibly
   • snarl - a vicious angry growl
   • speaking, speech production - the utterance of intelligible speech
   • speech - something spoken
   • splutter, sputter - an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
   • rasp, rasping - uttering in an irritated tone
   • growling - a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
   has: phone, sound, speech sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
   same as: utterance

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