speak
/spˈik/
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Definitions
Verb
express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
Verb
exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
Verb
use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won''t speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
Verb
give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
Verb
make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
More Specific Terms
babble
bark
bay
begin
blab
blabber
blaze away
blubber
blubber out
blunder
blunder out
blurt
blurt out
bumble
butterfly
cackle
carry on
chant
chat up
chatter
cheek
clack
continue
converse
coquet
coquette
dally
deliver
discourse
dish the dirt
dissertate
dogmatise
dogmatize
drone
drone on
ejaculate
enthuse
falter
flirt
gabble
generalise
generalize
gibber
go on
gossip
gulp
harangue
hiss
hold forth
inflect
intone
jabber
jaw
keynote
level
lip off
mash
maunder
memorialise
memorialize
modulate
monologuise
monologuize
mouth off
mumble
murmur
mussitate
mutter
open up
orate
palaver
peep
philander
phonate
piffle
pontificate
prate
prattle
present
proceed
rabbit on
rant
rap
rasp
rattle on
rave
read
romance
run on
shoot one''s mouth off
shout
sibilate
sing
siss
sizz
slang
slur
smatter
snap
snarl
snivel
soliloquise
soliloquize
speak in tongues
speak up
spiel
spout
stammer
stutter
swallow
talk about
talk down
talk of
talk turkey
tattle
tittle-tattle
tone
troll
twaddle
verbalise
verbalize
vocalise
vocalize
whiff
whine
whisper
yack
yack away
yap away