Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To give a speech.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a speech; harangue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Used derisively or humorously. To make a speech; to harangue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To give a
speech ; tohold forth , to pronounce at length. - verb transitive To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
Etymologies
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Examples
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I had a public speaking assignment in high school where everyone in the class was required to "speechify" what the key to good communication was to each of us.
magna comes loudly 2006
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Speechify, speechify, speechify - that's all he does, and even then it is all lawyered up terminology so he can't be pinned down later for his vague pronouncements and promises.
WH senior aide: Obama considering major speech on health care 2009
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* I'm a rape crisis counselor volunteering with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center; I speechify as part of the Survivor Speakers Bureau, and work with the community education and prevention branch.
Odin's Day justbeast 2009
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Are we to replace a mental midget who can “speechify” but not spell proliferation, with one who forgot how? —
Obama and Clinton to Work Hard for the Money - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Republicans could defuse the drama by declining to speechify, instead rising repeatedly to suggest the lack of a quorum and forcing endless roll calls.
Filibuster Threat? Start Talking Naftali Bendavid 2010
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She had to cajole and debate, charm and speechify.
Civil rights leader Dorothy Height had fashion flair, including stunning hats 2010
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Republicans could defuse the drama by declining to speechify, instead rising repeatedly to suggest the lack of a quorum and forcing endless roll calls.
Filibuster Threat? Start Talking Naftali Bendavid 2010
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How about no donations for Obama unless he can speechify without a teleprompter or other prewritten form?
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Republicans could defuse the drama by declining to speechify, instead rising repeatedly to suggest the lack of a quorum and forcing endless roll calls.
Filibuster Threat? Start Talking Naftali Bendavid 2010
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Republicans could defuse the drama by declining to speechify, instead rising repeatedly to suggest the lack of a quorum and forcing endless roll calls.
Filibuster Threat? Start Talking Naftali Bendavid 2010
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