- clipped speech
- speech in which the words are slurred over and uncompleted; called also scamping s. and slurred s.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
clipped speech
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speech — n. address, talk 1) to deliver, give, make a speech 2) to ad lib, improvise a speech 3) a boring; brief, short; impromptu, unrehearsed; long; long winded; passionate; rambling; rousing, stirring speech 4) an acceptance; after dinner; campaign;… … Combinatory dictionary
clipped — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of speech) having short, sharp vowel sounds and clear pronunciation … English terms dictionary
clipped — adjective 1. cut or trimmed by clipping a handsome man with a clipped moustache clipped hedges close clipped lawns a clipped poodle • Similar to: ↑trimmed, ↑cut 2. (of speech) having quick short sounds … Useful english dictionary
speech — noun 1 speaking ADJECTIVE ▪ slurred ▪ She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking. ▪ clipped ▪ casual ▪ connected … Collocations dictionary
speech — Talk; the use of the voice in conveying ideas. [A.S. spaec] alaryngeal s. a form of s. achieved after laryngectomy by using either an external vibratory source or the pharyngoesophageal segment as an internal vibratory source. see also esophageal … Medical dictionary
clipped — adj. Clipped is used with these nouns: ↑speech, ↑tone … Collocations dictionary
clipped — adjective /klɪpt/ a) Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back. b) Of speech, with each word pronounced separately and distinctly … Wiktionary
clipped — adjective (of speech) having short, sharp vowel sounds and clear pronunciation … English new terms dictionary
scamping speech — clipped s … Medical dictionary
slurred speech — clipped s … Medical dictionary
