Definition of speaking

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Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spea.

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Phonorganon :: Phonorganon (n.) A speaking machine.
Mode :: Mode (n.) Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing..
Gag :: Gag (n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
Imagery :: Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
Suaviloquy :: Suaviloquent (a.) Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..
Responsory :: Responsory (n.) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service..
Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking..
Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like..
Oratory :: Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.
Soft-spoken :: Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable..
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying..
Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Smooth-spoken :: Smooth-spoken (a.) Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men..
Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come..
Skip :: Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over..
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The art and manner of speaking and conversing.
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