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SOUND OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Example:
She has a lot to kick about
Synonyms:
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sound off"):
hen-peck; nag; peck (bother persistently with trivial complaints)
backbite; bitch (say mean things)
grizzle; whine; yammer; yawp (complain whiningly)
croak; gnarl; grumble; murmur; mutter (make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath)
grouch; grumble; scold (show one's unhappiness or critical attitude)
protest (utter words of protest)
repine (express discontent)
beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk (complain)
inveigh; rail (complain bitterly)
bemoan; bewail; deplore; lament (regret strongly)
report (complain about; make a charge against)
bleat (talk whiningly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
Example:
John spoke up at the meeting
Synonyms:
animadvert; opine; sound off; speak out; speak up
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "sound off" is one way to...):
declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sound off"):
editorialise; editorialize (insert personal opinions into an objective statement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
Meaning:
Start playing
Example:
The musicians struck up a tune
Synonyms:
sound off; strike up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "sound off" is one way to...):
play (play on an instrument)
Domain category:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
