speak+inarticulately

  • 51hemming and hawing — Haw Haw, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. [1913 Webster] Cut it short; don t prose don t hum and haw. Chesterfield. [1913 Webster] {hemming and hawing} speaking hesitantly and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 52gibber — intransitive verb (gibbered; gibbering) Etymology: imitative Date: 1604 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly • gibber noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 53inarticulate — adjective 1 not able to express yourself clearly when you speak 2 speech that is inarticulate is not clearly expressed or pronounced: inarticulate mutterings inarticulately adverb inarticulateness also inarticulacy noun (C, U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 54inarticulacy — inarticulate ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly. 2) unspoken or not expressed in words. 3) without joints or articulations. DERIVATIVES inarticulacy noun inarticulately adverb inarticulateness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 55inarticulate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly. 2) unspoken or not expressed in words. 3) without joints or articulations. DERIVATIVES inarticulacy noun inarticulately adverb inarticulateness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 56inarticulateness — inarticulate ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly. 2) unspoken or not expressed in words. 3) without joints or articulations. DERIVATIVES inarticulacy noun inarticulately adverb inarticulateness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 57gibber — 1. v. & n. v.intr. speak fast and inarticulately; chatter incoherently. n. such speech or sound. Etymology: imit. 2. n. Austral. a boulder or large stone. Etymology: Aboriginal …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 58inarticulate — adj. 1 unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly. 2 (of speech) not articulate; indistinctly pronounced. 3 dumb. 4 esp. Anat. not jointed. Derivatives: inarticulately adv. inarticulateness n. Etymology: LL inarticulatus (as IN (1),… …

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