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sounding

soun·ding

US/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/ fairly common
adjective (3) noun (2)

adjective

1.

appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

  • “left their clothes dirty looking”
  • “a most disagreeable looking character”
  • “angry-looking”
  • “liquid-looking”
  • “severe-looking policemen on noble horses”
  • “fine-sounding phrases”
  • “taken in by high-sounding talk”
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2.

having volume or depth

  • “sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal”
  • “the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion” Wordsworth
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3.

making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form

  • “harsh-sounding”
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noun

1.

a measure of the depth of water taken by sounding

2.

Origin

From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.

Phrases

  • echo sounding from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • radio sounding from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • sounding balloon from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • sounding board from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • sounding line from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • sounding machine from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • sounding rocket from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)
  • sounding rod from all etymologies, all parts of speech (probably needs sorting)

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