Usually means: Pronounce words or syllables slowly.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. sound out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sound out: Merriam-Webster
  3. sound out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sound out: Vocabulary.com
  5. sound out: Wiktionary
  6. sound out: Dictionary.com
  7. sound out: Rhymezone
  8. sound out: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sound out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. sound out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sound out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sound out: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sound out: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sound out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. sound out: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (sound out)

verb:  (transitive) To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.
verb:  (transitive) To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.
verb:  (intransitive) To speak or sing loudly, to call out.

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