1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speak.

2. (a.) Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.

3. (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.

ESP accents answer articulate breathing chatter comment commerce communication communion congress connection contact conversation converse correspondence dealing dealings debating declamation demagogism discourse elocution eloquence eloquent exchange faithful forensics free-speaking free-spoken gab homiletics information interaction interchange intercommunication intercommunion intercourse interplay language lecturing lifelike linguistic act linguistic intercourse living locution loud-speaking loud-spoken message natural oral communication oratory outspoken palaver parol parole phonation plain-speaking plain-spoken platform oratory prattle public speaking pyrotechnics rabble-rousing rapping realistic reply response rhetoric sequence of phonemes social intercourse soft-speaking soft-spoken speech speech act speech circuit speech situation speechcraft speechification speeching speechmaking string stump speaking talk talkative talking telepathy the spoken word to the life tongue touch traffic truck true to life true to nature true-speaking two-way communication utterance utterance string verbalization vocable voice well-spoken word word of mouth wordcraft words yakkety-yak yakking