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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 51Թ Forms
- dzܲԻiԲ· adverb
- dzܲԻiԲ·Ա noun
51Թ 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
In recent days the turnabout in Tesla’s fortunes has left Musk and his political supporters sounding ever more febrile.
“There’s no way I could have done this program without Kristen’s support because she’s just a sounding board … and she shares the L.A. mission.”
The alarm is sounding in the UK's first drug consumption room.
Overnight, air sirens were heard sounding in several other Ukrainian regions, including the capital Kyiv.
His bartenders became sounding boards, sharing tears and frustrations, hopes and stories.
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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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