sounding
1a 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.
Origin of sounding
1Other words from sounding
- sound·ing·ly, adverb
- sound·ing·ness, noun
Other definitions for sounding (2 of 2)
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.
Origin of sounding
2Other words from sounding
- sound·ing·ly, adverb
- sound·ing·ness, noun
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How to use sounding in a sentence
The speech concluded with a passionate peroration and a verse, no doubt declaimed soundingly, of 'The West's Awake.'
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamFor the first time the fish jumped, showing himself from head to tail, and splashed soundingly back into the pool again.
The House of Defence v. 1 | E. F. BensonNonna Angelique caught the girl's face between her hands and kissed her soundingly.
A Pasteboard Crown | Clara Morris
British Dictionary definitions for sounding (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsaʊndɪŋ) /
resounding; resonant
having an imposing sound and little content; pompous: sounding phrases
Derived forms of sounding
- soundingly, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for sounding (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsaʊndɪŋ) /
(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 soundings in waters less than 100 fathoms in depth
off soundings in waters more than 100 fathoms in depth
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