To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt.
To talk inconsiderately; blab.
To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
To make a senseless noise.
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
To make a speech; to harangue.
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
Language used orally, rather than in writing.
An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.