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Verb: sound out  sawnd awt
  1. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
    "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
    - pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say
     
  2. Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
    "I have to sound out the new professor"
    - check out, feel out

Derived forms: sounds out, sounding out, sounded out

Type of: query, question

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sound bite
sound bow
sound camera
sound effect
sound film
sound hole
sound judgement
sound judgment
sound law
sound off
sound out
sound perception
sound pollution
sound pressure
sound pressure level
sound projection
sound property
sound ranging
sound recording
sound reflection
sound reproduction