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sounding
1[ soun-ding ]
noun
- a verbal contest or confrontation, as among teenage boys or street-gang members, in which the trading of often elaborate insults and invective takes the place of physical violence.
sounding
2[ soun-ding ]
noun
- Often soundings. the act of measuring the depth of an area of water with or as if with a lead and line.
- soundings,
- Meteorology. any vertical penetration of the atmosphere for scientific measurement, especially a radiosonde observation.
sounding
1/ ˈʊԻɪŋ /
adjective
- resounding; resonant
- having an imposing sound and little content; pompous
sounding phrases
sounding
2/ ˈʊԻɪŋ /
noun
- sometimes plural the act or process of measuring depth of water or examining the bottom of a river, lake, etc, as with a sounding line
- an observation or measurement of atmospheric conditions, as made using a radiosonde or rocketsonde
- often plural measurements taken by sounding
- plural a place where a sounding line will reach the bottom, esp less than 100 fathoms in depth
- on soundingsin waters less than 100 fathoms in depth
- off soundingsin waters more than 100 fathoms in depth
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܲԻ徱Բ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- dzܲԻiԲ· adverb
- dzܲԻiԲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- off soundings, Nautical. in waters beyond the 100-fathom (180-meter) depth.
- on soundings, Nautical. in waters less than 100 fathoms (180 meters) deep, so that the lead can be used.
Example Sentences
Meloni basked in the praise lavished on her by Trump - from compliments about her work as prime minister to gushing about her Italian sounding "beautiful".
Often sounding completely exasperated by the question, the Labour leader said in one interview that "almost nobody is talking about trans issues", querying why it had become a focus of fierce debate.
Democrats in Congress have been sounding similar alarms, with some arguing that Trump has already crossed the line into authoritarian behavior — and thrust the country into a constitutional crisis.
At the risk of sounding like a grubby leftist that Republicans want to ignore, but the GOP has what you might call a collective action problem.
In recent days the turnabout in Tesla’s fortunes has left Musk and his political supporters sounding ever more febrile.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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