Definition of sound out Sound out
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What does sound out mean?
WordNet
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| sound out - 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?" | ||
| pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say | ||
| twang pronounce with a nasal twang | ||
| devoice utter with tense vocal chords | ||
| raise raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" | ||
| lilt articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way | ||
| palatalise, palatalize pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | ||
| nasalise, nasalize pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels" | ||
| nasalise, nasalize pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels" | ||
| mispronounce, misspeak pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words" | ||
| aspirate suck in (air) | ||
| voice, vocalise, vocalize, sound give voice to; "He voiced his concern" | ||
| retroflex articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" | ||
| subvocalise, subvocalize articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized" | ||
| syllabise, syllabize utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read" | ||
| drawl lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels" | ||
| labialise, labialize, round become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out" | ||
| lisp speak with a lisp | ||
| accent, accentuate, stress put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" | ||
| vowelise, vowelize, vocalise, vocalize utter speech sounds | ||
| click become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" | ||
| trill pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's" | ||
| sibilate utter a sibilant | ||
| flap pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | ||
| explode increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted" | ||
| roll execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" | ||
| sound out - try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor" | ||
| check out, feel out | ||
| query, question pose a question | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sound out (Verb)
To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks. - sound out (Verb)
To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence. - sound out (Verb)
To speak or sing loudly, to call out.
