Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.

    I'm sick of his sounding off about how he thinks this country should be run!

  2. Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.

  3. Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.

More definitions
  • start playing
  • express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  • express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Turn the sound off.

    Вимкни звук. — deniko

    ruОтключи звук. — Wezel

    deStell den Ton ab. — RandomUsername

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  2. He sounds off about authors he's never read.

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  3. The city council meeting is a great place to sound off.

  4. That sounds a little off.

  5. Yanni turned the TV sound off.

Forms

sounds off, sounding off, sounded off, sounded off
Base formsound off · to sound off
3rd person singularsounds off
Present participlesounding off
Past simplesounded off
Past participlesounded off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysound off
he, she, itsounds off

Past simpleLesson

all personssounded off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sounded off
he, she, ithas sounded off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sound off

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatednoises off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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