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   vo·cal

   /ˈvōk(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the human voice: "nonlinguistic vocal effects like laughs and sobs" Similar vocalizedvoicedspokensaidutteredexpressedarticulatedoralby mouth
   • ▪ used in the production of speech sounds: "the vocal apparatus"
   • ▪ (of a sound in speech) made with the voice rather than the breath alone; voiced.
   • 2. (of music) consisting of or incorporating singing: "a four-part vocal composition"
   • 3. expressing opinions or feelings freely or loudly: "he was vocal in condemning the action" Similar vociferousoutspokenforthrightplain-spokenbluntfrankdirectcandidopenuninhibitedvehementvigorousemphaticinsistentforcefulkeenzealousenthusiasticclamorousstridentloudnoisyarchaic:free-spokenOpposite taciturnreticent

   noun

   • 1. a part of a piece of music that is sung: "a clear guitar backing topped with haunting vocals"
   • ▪ a musical performance involving singing.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin vocalis, from vox, voc- (see voice). Current senses of the noun date from the 1920s.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vocality noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   Anything vocal is related to speaking or singing, like your math class's vocal objections to a pop quiz or the vocal warm-ups that a jazz singer does before a big performance. The word vocal comes from the Latin vocalis ("sounding, sonorous, or speaking") and its root meaning of "voice."

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   Vocal definition: of, relating to, or uttered with the voice. See examples of VOCAL used in a sentence.

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   relating to or produced by the voice, either in singing or speaking: vocal music. vocal adjective (OFTEN HEARD) often expressing opinions and complaints in speech: He is emerging as his party’s most vocal critic of the president.

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