Sound Off

Definition: Sound Off

Sound Off

Verb

1. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting".

2. Start playing; "The musicians struck up a tune".

3. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Sound Off

You goddamned communist heathen, you had best sound off that you love the Virgin Mary, or I'm gonna stomp your guts out (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr)

Sound off! (Major Payne; writing credit: Joe Connelly; Bob Mosher)

Sound off, three, four ("The Battle of New Orleans"; performing artist: Johnny Horton)

Sound Off (1952)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Love and Hisses: The National Society of Film Critics Sound Off on the Hottest Movie Controversies (reference)

• Sound Off (Lu and Clancy) (reference)

• Sound Off (Troubleshooter I, Book 2) (reference)

• Sound Off Tumbleweeds (reference)

• Sound Off, Book 2 (Troubleshooter I) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Bass Sound Off USA, Vol. 1 (reference)

• Tipper Presents Sound Off (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

them me zë të lartë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تكلم بصوت عال, ‏شكا بحدة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

говоря силно (yap), открито изказвам мнението си, оплаквам се надълго и широко. (various references)

French

se vanter, faire de grands laïus, engueuler (sound). (various references)

German

sich verbreiten (expatiate, expound, get around, hold forth, open out, propagate, spread, spread oneself out), sich auslassen (expatiate, go on, hold forth, talk). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תלו� ן בקול רם, לבטא בקול (vocalize). (various references)

Hungarian

nyíltan beszél (to let one's hair down, to sound off, to speak boldly, to talk turkey). (various references)

Italian

vantarsi di, fare dei grandi discorsi, brontolare su. (various references)

Pig Latin

oundsay offay.(various references)

Russian 

громко жаловаться, откликаться. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vikati (clamor, clamour, cry out, halloo, scream, shout, vociferate, whoop, yell), žaliti se (appeal, bitch, complain). (various references)

Spanish

quejarse (address a complaint, beef, bellyache, bitch, carry on, complain, crab, gripe, groan, grouse, grumble, kick, moan, murmur, natter, niggle, quarrel, repine, squeal, take on, wail, whimper, yammer, yap). (various references)

Swedish

breda ut sig (dilate, expatiate, extend, gain ground, open, spread out). (various references)

Ukrainian

критикувати (animadvert, assault, attack, baste, criticize, pick to pieces, pick up holes, pull apart), галасувати (boom, clamor, clamour, clutter, noise, rollick, whoop). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: doofus, fondus, founds, nodous.

-3 letters: doffs, duffs, fonds, fondu, foods, found, funds, nodus, snood, snuff, sound.

-4 letters: doff, dons, duff, duns, duos, fond, fons, food, fuds, fund, funs, nods, nous, offs, onus, ouds, soon, udos, undo.

-5 letters: don, dos, dun, duo, fon, fou, fud, fun, nod, noo, nos, nus, ods, off, ons, oud, sod.