speaking

speak·ing  (spkng)

adj.

1.

a. Capable of speech.

b. Involving speaking or talking: has a speaking part in the play.

2. Expressive or telling; eloquent.

3. True to life; lifelike: a speaking likeness.

Idiom:

on speaking terms

1. Friendly enough to exchange superficial remarks: We're on speaking terms with the new neighbors.

2. Ready and willing to communicate; not alienated or estranged: on speaking terms again after their quarrel.

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speaking [ˈspiːkɪŋ]

adj

1. (prenominal) eloquent, impressive, or striking

2.

a.  able to speak

b.  (in combination) able to speak a particular language French-speaking

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Speaking 

See Also: CONVERSATION, SPEECH PATTERNS, TALKATIVENESS

1. [A statement] came out flat as a sheet of onion-skin paper —Cornell Woolrich
2. Can speak as flashy as water runs —R. Wright Campbell
3. Cut short his speech, like a pang of pain —Joseph Conrad
4. The few sentences she uttered were like eternal judgments —Larry McMurtry
5. Had a habit … of making a narrow remark which, like a plumber’s snake, could work its way through the ear down the artery, half-way to my heart —Grace Paley
6. He [Peter O’Toole] doesn’t just talk, he offers his words like presents, gift-wrapped —Robert Goldberg, Wall Street Journal, April 21, 1987
7. He was gathering toward speech, like a man about to rhumba, waiting to feel the beat —Leonard Michaels
8. His tongue [is] as a devouring fire —The Holy Bible/Isaiah
9. His rhetoric falls like a freight train over a bridge —David Brinkley about John L. Lewis
10. His talk was like a stream which runs with rapid changes from rock to roses —Winthrop Mackworth Praed

    To illustrate the simile, the poem in which it appears continues with “It slipped from politics to puns; it passed from Mahomet to Moses.”

11. If I open my mouth it’s like pebbles rattling together —Albert Camus
12. Phrases … looping out of her mouth like a backward spaghetti-eating process —Elizabeth Spencer
13. A remark thrown off like an idle dart —Sylvia Berkman
14. Said grimly … like a man announcing that X-rated movies had been shown at the deacons’ party —Stephen King
15. Said it flatly, like a tour guide reading from a Baedeker —Jonathan Valin
16. Sentences came … fluently enough, even though they did sound rather like quotations from a phrase book —Christopher Isherwood
17. Sharpened their tongues like a serpent —The Holy Bible/Psalms
18. [Words] slipped out of me in a spasm of candor, like a sneeze —Paul Reidinger
19. Some men are like bagpipes, they can’t speak till their belly’s filled —Seumas MacManus
20. Speaking without thinking is like shooting without aiming —English proverb
21. Speak pleasantly … like a stewardess in an airliner with only one wing and two engines, one of which is on fire —Douglas Adams
22. Spoke to them mildly as mid-May weather —Stephen Vincent Benét
23. Talked like birds, with a gentle malice —Dame Edith Sitwell
24. Talked like her eyes looked, like her eyes watching us and her voice talking to us did not belong to her. Like she was living somewhere else, waiting somewhere else —William Faulkner
25. Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out the music —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
26. Talks like his tongue is in a cramp … like he has adenoids as big as footballs … and muscles to match —John Wainwright
27. Tough talk … like whistling in a haunted house —John Wainwright
28. Voice stopped, like words written off the edge of a page —Elizabeth Spencer

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	speaking - the utterance of intelligible speech speech production utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication speech - the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech" whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness - speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
	2.	speaking - delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking recitation, recital, reading - a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" disputation, public debate, debate - the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
Adj.	1.	speaking - capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play" nonspeaking, walk-on - not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines; "had a nonspeaking role in the play"

Translations

speaking [ˈspiːkɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (= talking) [doll, computer] → que habla, parlante

2. (= eloquent, striking) speaking likeness → vivo retrato m

B. N (= skill) → oratoria f

C. CPD speaking clock N → servicio f telefónico de información horaria
speaking distance N to be within speaking distance → estar al alcance de la voz
speaking part N → papel m hablado
speaking terms NPL to be on speaking terms with sb → hablarse con algn
we're not on speaking terms → no nos hablamos
speaking trumpet N → bocina f
speaking tube N → tubo m acústico
speaking voice N a pleasant speaking voice → una voz agradable

speaking [ˈspiːkɪŋ] adj [doll, machine] → parlant(e)
speaking clock n (British) the speaking clock → l'horloge f parlante
speaking part speaking role n → rôle m parlé
speaking terms npl
to be barely on speaking terms → s'adresser à peine la parole, se parler à peine
not to be on speaking terms [people who have quarrelled] → ne plus s'adresser la parole, ne plus se parler
to be on speaking terms again → s'addresser à nouveau la parole, se parler à nouveau
They're on speaking terms again → Ils s'adressent à nouveau la parole., Ils se parlent à nouveau.
speaking voice n → voix f parlée

speaking

n (= act of speaking) → Sprechen nt; (= speeches) → Reden pl; the art of speaking → die Redekunst

adj attr doll → sprechend, Mama- (inf); (fig) likeness → verblüffend; to be within speaking distance → nahe genug sein, dass man sich verständigen kann; I have a speaking engagement later today → ich muss heute noch eine Rede halten

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speaking:

speaking clock

n (Brit) → telefonische Zeitansage

speaking part, speaking role

n (Film, Theat) → Sprechrolle f

speaking terms

pl to be on speaking with somebody → mit jdm sprechen or reden

speaking trumpet

n (old) → Hörrohr nt

speaking tube

n → Sprachrohr nt

speaking voice

n → Sprechstimme f

speaking [ˈspiːkɪŋ]

1. adj → parlante
Italian-speaking people → persone che parlano italiano
I am not on speaking terms with her → la conosco solo di vista
they are not on speaking terms (after quarrel) → non si rivolgono la parola

2. n (skill) → arte f del parlare