Definitions for uttering

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uttering ut·ter·ing

Spelling: [uht-er-ing]

IPA: /ˈʌt ər ɪŋ/

Uttering is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in uttering (eginrttu).

Definitions for uttering

noun

1. the crime of knowingly tendering or showing a forged instrument or counterfeit coin to another with intent to defraud.

verb (used with object)

1. to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce:
2. to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice:
3. Phonetics. to produce (speech sounds, speechlike sounds, syllables, words, etc.) audibly, with or without reference to formal language.
4. to express (oneself or itself), especially in words.
5. to give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice:
6. to express by written or printed words.
7. to make publicly known; publish:
8. to put into circulation, as coins, notes, and especially counterfeit money or forged checks.
9. to expel; emit.
10. Obsolete. to publish, as a book.
11. Obsolete. to sell.

verb (used without object)

1. to employ the faculty of speech; use the voice to talk, make sounds, etc.:
2. to sustain utterance; undergo speaking:

Origin of uttering

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at utter¹, -ing¹

Examples for uttering

The way they laughed, hugged and engaged in conversation, never once uttering a bitter word about the wait.

And uttering another yell, he fell in a fit upon the ground.

As early as the 1700s, politicians were getting mileage out of uttering obscenities.

Her arrest and detention for uttering the shema ought to find no sympathy from any Jew.

After uttering these words the Professor walked away from the table.

I rolled about on the ground, uttering the most heartrending cries.

She had sunk upon her knees, and so knelt down, moving her lips, but uttering no sound.

For a moment he was on the point of uttering irrevocable words.

Hugh would have prevented his uttering the word, but it was out already.

Flora, uttering these words in a deep voice, enjoyed herself immensely.