"sound off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: sounds off [present, singular, third-person], sounding off [participle, present], sounded off [participle, past], sounded off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sound off (third-person singular simple present sounds off, present participle sounding off, simple past and past participle sounded off)
  1. (transitive, informal) To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-sound_off-en-verb-lpn8Tn2Q
  2. (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something. Categories (topical): Military, Talking
    Sense id: en-sound_off-en-verb-c1lEA931 Disambiguation of Talking: 11 77 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 55 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 62 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 15 61 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 66 24 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (military) Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-sound_off-en-verb-EoYYd2yZ Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: noises off

Inflected forms

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