VOICE
ADJECTIVES
► ADENOIDAL of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality → 1926 colloq.
► BAIRGIN’ having the habit of lifting up the voice in a loud manner → 1866 Sc.
► BULL-VOICED having a loud deep voice → 1837
► BUTTERY of sound, music, a voice, etc.: mellow, smooth, and pleasant → 1864
► CUSHIONED of the voice: soft and smooth, velvety → 1909
► DARK BROWN of a voice: low, well-modulated and sexually attractive; orig. said of a female voice → 1946 UK sl.
► DEEP-MOUTHED having a deep or sonorous voice → 1595
► FAT of the voice: full → 1398 obs.
► FEATHERY of the voice: husky → 1881
► FINE of the voice: high-pitched → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FULL-THROATED expressed loudly or vigorously; using the full power of the voice → 1820
► FURRED of the voice: husky → 1666 obs.
► GIN AND FOG of a voice: hoarse with that peculiar quality of ‘fruitiness’ which spirituous indulgence causes → c1880 sl., orig. theatrical
► GRAVELLY of a voice: harsh and grating
► GRAVEL-VOICED speaking in a rough and rasping tone
► GROSS of a voice: big, loud, deep → 1398 obs.
► GRUM of the voice: gruff, harsh, and deep in tone → 1744 Eng. dial. obs.
► HAUTAIN of the voice: raised, loud → c1350 obs.
► HYPSOPHONOUS having a high clear voice → 1886
► LIKE A HUMBLE-BEE IN A CHURN having a voice not distinctly audible → 19C Eng. dial.
► LOW-TONGUED speaking in a low voice; soft-spoken → 1616
► MACROPHONOUS having a loud, stentorian voice → 1910 (Bk.)
► MAIN of a voice or cry: loud → a1300 obs.
► MALACOPHONOUS having a gentle voice; soft-voiced → 1910 (Bk.)
► MEGALOPHONOUS having a loud voice → 1823
► MUDDY of the voice: thick, indistinct, esp. as a result of drinking alcohol → 1841 obs.
► POLYGLOSSIC involving two or more voices or languages → 1983
► POLYPHONAL many-voiced → 1924
► POLYPHONIAN simultaneously produced by many voices; harmonious → 1635 chiefly poetic usage
► POLYPHONOUS involving the production of many sounds or voices; many-voiced → 1677
► QUICK of the voice: loud, clear → c1205 obs.
► REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly → 1875 Eng. dial.
► RUSTY of a sound: harsh, grating, raucous; of a person’s voice: hoarse, croaky → c1430
► SCRANNEL of the voice: weak, piping, thin → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STENTORONIC of the voice: very loud and far-reaching; hence, said of uttered sounds, songs, laughter, and the like; extremely loud and powerful in sound → 1762
► STRIDULOUS of the voice, sound: harsh, shrill, grating → 1646
► SUBMISS of the voice: low, uttered in an undertone, subdued → 1604 obs.
► SUBTILE of a voice: thin → 1398 obs.
ADVERBS
► ALOW in a low voice → LME obs.
► HAUTAINLY with raised voice, loudly → c1475 obs.
NOUNS
► BAIRGE the voice lifted up in a strong and loud manner, either in speaking, reading, weeping, or calling after one → 1866 Sc.
► BLOOP the grating sound of a voice unsuitable for recording → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUGLE a loud voice → 1877 Amer. sl.
► DARK BROWN VOICE a voice that is low, well-modulated, and sexually attractive → c1950 sl.
► FOGHORN a loud deep resounding voice → colloq.
► GOOZLING VOICE an adolescent boy’s changing voice → 1986 Amer. dial.
► GOSLING AGE the period when an adolescent boy’s voice is changing → c1960 Amer. dial.
► GOSLING PATCH the period when an adolescent boy’s voice is changing → 1942 Amer. dial.
► GOSLINGS the voice change commonly undergone by adolescent boys; the period when this change occurs → 1899 Amer. dial.
► HOBSON’S CHOICE the voice → 20C rhyming sl.
► HOUSEWIVES’ CHOICE the voice → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► LATE voice, sound → a1300 obs.
► LET’S REJOICE the voice → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► MANTEE VOICE a deep voice → 1930s sl.
► ORGAN-PIPE the windpipe, the throat, the voice → 1600 sl.
► PIPE the human voice → 17C colloq.
► POLYPHONISM multiplication of sounds or voices; also, mimicry → 1713
► POLYPHONY multiplicity of sounds or voices; mimicry, ventriloquism → 1828
► RAPPER the voice → 1960s US sl.
► SINK a dropping or lowering of the voice → 1786
► TANG the timbre of the voice; a twang → 1899 Sc.
► VOCE ► VOCHE ► VOTCH the voice, esp. a singing voice; a singer → 1989 UK theatrical sl.
► VONNA a strong, stentorian voice → 1920 Sc.
► WALLA ► WALLAH indistinguishable background voices → US entertainment industry sl. → 1990 US sl.
► WALTER JOYCE the voice → L19 rhyming sl.
► YALLACRACK ► YALLICRACK a loud outcry; a great noise of voices; an angry altercation → 1898 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAIRGE a person who lifts his voice in a strong and loud manner → 1866 Sc.
► BILOQUIST one who can speak with two different voices → a1810
► EAR BANGER a person who enjoys the sound of his own voice → 1942 US sl.
► FROG an adolescent male whose voice is changing → 20C US
► GELATINE a tenor with a thin voice → 1962 Amer. broadcasting sl. (Bk.)
► GOOZLER a boy whose voice is changing → 1972 Amer. dial.
► LUNGS a powerfully voiced person → L17 sl.
► MISS VANILLA MOVIESTAR a toothy, squeaky-voiced blonde → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► PEAK a person, esp. a small person, who speaks or sings in a thin, weak voice → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCREIGH a lean person with a shrill voice, and generally of short stature → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► FALL to lower the voice, either in pitch or loudness → 1626 obs.
► HAVE A VOICE LIKE THE SHARPENING OF A HANDSAW to have a harsh, disagreeable voice → 1905 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► HUSK of the voice: to be or to become husky → 1922
► JUDDER of the voice in singing: to oscillate between greater and less intensity → 1973
► WHOPPLE AROUND of the voice: to be unsteady, to waver → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► YAP of a person: to croak, as the voice → 1790 Eng. dial.
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