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vocalizing

verb noun

To express with the voice, to utter.

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Word length
10
Starts with
V
Ends with
G
Contains
OC
Scrabble score
25

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verb

  1. To express with the voice, to utter.

  2. (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.

    “We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.”

  3. To sing without using words.

  4. To turn a consonant into a vowel.

    “In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.”

  5. To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.

  6. To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)

noun

  1. Vocalization

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Example Sentences

We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.
In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.

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