sound : Idioms & Phrases

• roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock, perfectly sound.

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• (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration.

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• one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another.

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• in the direction of the ebbing tide; toward the sea.

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• noun a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
  sonar; asdic.
  
  • sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging
  • asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee

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• noun determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
  echolocation.
  

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• the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass.

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• noun equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity
  hi-fi.
  

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• adjective satellite pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
  high-flown; inflated.
  
  • high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
  • a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution

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High"-sound`ing adjective

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1. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

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• within the eighty-fathom line.

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• noun the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point
  instantaneous sound pressure.
  

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• noun a sound between Long Island and Connecticut
  

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• verb indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats
  purr.
  

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• adjective satellite of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial
  compos mentis.
  

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• noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  plosive; stop; occlusive; stop consonant; plosive consonant.
  
  • his stop consonants are too aspirated

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• noun an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State
  

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• noun an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia
  

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Re-sound" transitive verb & intransitive verb

Etymology

Pref. re- + sound.

Definitions

1. To sound again or anew.

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• adjective satellite free from danger or injury
  unhurt.
  
  • the children were found safe and sound

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• noun an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech
  phonetic alphabet.
  

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• adjective satellite sleeping deeply; he's sound asleep"
  fast asleep.
  
  • lying fast asleep on the sofa
  • it would be cruel to wake him

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• noun the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound
  sonic barrier.
  

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• noun a very short speech; usually on radio or television
  

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• boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.

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• noun contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes
  

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• in a series of transverse sections of a bell, that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See Illust. of Bell.

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• noun a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images
  

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• (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values.

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• tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound.

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• noun an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play
  

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• noun motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it
  

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• noun a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones
  

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• noun the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
  judgement; perspicacity; judgment; sound judgement.
  

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• noun the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
  judgement; perspicacity; judgment; sound judgement.
  

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• noun a law describing sound changes in the history of a language
  

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• verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
  speak up; animadvert; opine; speak out.
  
  • John spoke up at the meeting
• verb start playing
  strike up.
  
  • The musicians struck up a tune
• verb express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  plain; kvetch; kick; complain; quetch.
  
  • My mother complains all day
  • She has a lot to kick about

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• verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  pronounce; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
  
  • She pronounces French words in a funny way
  • I cannot say `zip wire'
  • Can the child sound out this complicated word?
• verb try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
  feel out; check out.
  
  • I have to sound out the new professor

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• noun the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon
  auditory perception.
  

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• noun annoying and potentially harmful environmental noise
  noise pollution.
  

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• . (Mus.) See Sounding post, under Sounding.

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• noun the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point
  instantaneous sound pressure.
  

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• noun the physical intensity of sound
  acoustic power.
  

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• noun the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
  acoustic projection; projection.
  
  • our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection
  • a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice

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• noun an attribute of sound
  

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• noun locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions
  

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• noun a recording of acoustic signals
  audio recording; audio.
  

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• noun the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
  replication; reverberation; echo.
  
  • she could hear echoes of her own footsteps

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• noun the reproduction of sound
  

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• noun a spectrograph for acoustic spectra
  

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• noun the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source
  acoustic spectrum.
  

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• noun the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
  morphology; word structure; syllable structure.
  

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• noun a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound
  audio system.
  

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• noun a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising
  

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• noun any acoustic unit of measurement
  

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• noun (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound
  acoustic wave.
  

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Sound"-board` noun

Definitions

1. A sounding-board.

   To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.

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• noun a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability
  
  • I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies
• noun (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument
  soundboard.
  

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• noun a metal bob at the end of a sounding line
  

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• noun (nautical) plumb line for determining depth
  lead line.
  

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• noun a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
  

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Sound"ing-board` noun

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1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
3. pl. See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.

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• noun (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  sound; phone.
  

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• (Physics), sounds produced from solid bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening solid.

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• . (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.

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• to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.

  Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech. Chaucer.

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• (Law), to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like.

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• to give the signal for an attack.

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• noun a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
  sonant.
  

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• noun a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
  vowel.
  

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