vocalise

Other forms: vocalises; vocalised; vocalising

Definitions of vocalise
  1. verb
    utter speech sounds
    synonyms: phonate, vocalize
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    type of:
    mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
    express in speech
  2. verb
    utter with vibrating vocal chords
    synonyms: sound, vocalize, voice
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    types:
    chirk
    make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird
    quaver, waver
    give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
    type of:
    articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
    speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  3. verb
    pronounce as a vowel
    synonyms: vocalize, vowelise, vowelize
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    type of:
    articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
    speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  4. verb
    express or state clearly
    synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalize
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    type of:
    say, state, tell
    express in words
  5. verb
    sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
    synonyms: vocalize
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    type of:
    sing
    produce tones with the voice
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