Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word VOCALIZE

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Definitions of VOCALIZE

1. To express with the voice, to utter.
2. (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.
3. (music) To sing without using words.
4. (linguistics) To turn a consonant into a vowel.
5. (linguistics, dated) To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
6. (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)

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Examples of Using VOCALIZE in a Sentence

• Before and during copulation, the female will often vocalize by making a series of short high pitched "squeak".
• Among traditional musicians, strathspeys are occasionally transmitted as canntaireachd, a style of singing in which various syllables are used to vocalize traditional bagpipe embellishments.
• Greater kudu bulls tend to be much larger than the cows, and vocalize much more, utilizing low grunts, clucks, humming, and gasping.
• The acoustic reflex (also known as the stapedius reflex, stapedial reflex, auditory reflex, middle-ear-muscle reflex (MEM reflex, MEMR), attenuation reflex, cochleostapedial reflex or intra-aural reflex) is an involuntary muscle contraction that occurs in the middle ear in response to loud sound stimuli or when the person starts to vocalize.
• The singers, led by Helm, vocalize the traveler's encounters with people in the town from the perspective of a Bible Belt American Southerner, like Helm himself, a native of rural Arkansas.
• Brown’s work Yellowbelly (1969) included interaction with the audience, inviting them to vocalize during the performance, a radical break from traditional dance spectator roles and a push toward democratizing the performance experience.
• Often blue-black grosbeaks will not be seen since they prefer to stay hidden among the vegetation, so most of the time their presence is known only when they vocalize.
• Asian barred owlets are noisiest at dawn and a couple of hours after sunrise but will vocalize at any time of day.
• While the plushcap is usually quiet, when it does vocalize it has a long series of chirps and twitters.
• In order to vocalize a chuff, the animal's mouth is closed and air is blown through the nostrils, producing a breathy snort.
• In Ghazal Melayu, poets and singers vocalize pantun or syair to the middle eastern and Indian-inspired music called Ghazal Melayu.

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