To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
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.