#utterance  sounds uttered for auditory communication
  supertype:  auditory_communication  communication that relies on hearing
  part:  speech_sound
  subtype:  roll_call  calling out an official list of names
     subtype:  mail_call  a call of names of those receiving mail
     subtype:  muster_call  a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly
     subtype:  attendance_check  a call of students' names in a classroom
  subtype:  outcry__cry__call__yell__shout__vociferation  a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
     subtype:  bellow__bellowing__holla__holler__hollering__hollo__holloa__roar__roaring__yowl  a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
     subtype:  catcall  a cry expressing disapproval
     subtype:  clamor__clamoring__clamour__clamouring__hue_and_cry  loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
     subtype:  halloo  a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him"
     subtype:  hoot  a loud raucous cry as of an awl
     subtype:  hosanna  a cry of praise or adoration (to God)
     subtype:  scream__screaming__shriek__shrieking__screech__screeching  sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
     subtype:  whoop  a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
     subtype:  war_whoop__warwhoop__war_cry__warcry__rallying_cry__battle_cry  a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
     subtype:  yelling  uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
     subtype:  yodel  a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
     subtype:  boo__Bronx_cheer__hiss__raspberry__razzing__bird  a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  subtype:  yell__cry  a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"
     subtype:  complaint.yell  (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
        subtype:  lament__lamentation__plaint__wail  a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
  subtype:  croak  a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
  subtype:  exclamation__exclaiming  an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
     subtype:  dickens__devil__deuce  a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil" or "the deuce with it" or "the dickens you say"
     subtype:  ejaculation.exclamation__interjection  an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
  subtype:  expletive  a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
  subtype:  groan__moan  an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  subtype:  howling__ululation  a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect"
  subtype:  laugh.utterance__laughter  the sound of laughing
     subtype:  cachinnation  loud convulsive laughter
     subtype:  cackle  a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
     subtype:  chortle__chuckle  a soft partly suppressed laugh
     subtype:  giggle  a foolish or nervous laugh
     subtype:  guffaw__belly_laugh__bellylaugh  a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
     subtype:  hee-haw__heehaw__horselaugh__ha-ha__haw-haw__hawhaw  a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
     subtype:  snicker__snort  a disrespectful laugh
     subtype:  titter  a nervous restrained laugh
  subtype:  paging  calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system); "the public address system in the hospital was used for paging"
  subtype:  profanity  vulgar or irreverent speech or action
     subtype:  blasphemy  blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
     subtype:  vulgarism__obscenity  obscene word or phrase
        subtype:  bawdry__bawdy  lewd or obscene talk or writing; " it was smoking-room bawdry" or "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
        subtype:  scatology.vulgarism  a preoccupation with scatology
     subtype:  curse_word__curseword__curse__expletive__swearing__swearword__cuss  profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
  subtype:  pronunciation  the manner of uttering a word
     subtype:  mispronunciation  incorrect pronunciation
     subtype:  homophony.pronunciation  the same pronunciation for words of different origins
     subtype:  speech_pattern__accent  distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
        subtype:  drawl  a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
     subtype:  articulation  bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
        subtype:  affrication  the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
        subtype:  rough_breathing__aspiration  a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
        subtype:  epenthesis  the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis"
        subtype:  nasalization__nasalisation  the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
        subtype:  retroflexion__retroflection  an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
        subtype:  enunciation__diction  the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
           subtype:  mumbling  indistinct enunciation
        subtype:  syncope__syncopation  the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
  subtype:  rejoicing.utterance  the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
  subtype:  sigh  an utterance made by exhaling audibly
  subtype:  snarl.utterance  a vicious angry growl
  subtype:  speaking__speech_production  the utterance of intelligible speech
     subtype:  speech.speaking  the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
     subtype:  whisper__whispering__susurration  speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
        subtype:  stage_whisper__stagewhisper  a loud whisper
  subtype:  speech  something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
  subtype:  sputter__splutter  an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
  subtype:  rasp__rasping  uttering in an irritated tone
  subtype:  growling  a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)

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