#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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