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uptalking

Syllables: up·talk·ingUK/ˈʌptɔːkɪŋ/US/ˈəpˌtɔkɪŋ/

uptalking noun: the act of uptalking. Also the present participle and gerund of uptalk.

Noun

uptalking (uncountable)

  1. The act of uptalking.
    • It's worth noting, too, that typical interpretation of uptalking – that the speaker is indicating doubt about their assertion – is inaccurate. While this is one function of uptalking, when performed by someone with less discursive power towards someone with more discursive power, uptalking also...2015, Rachel McKinnon, The Norms of Assertion: Truth, Lies, and Warrant (Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy), Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN

Also used as

uptalking is also the present participle and gerund of uptalk.

Origin of uptalking

From uptalk + -ing.

Questions about uptalking

What does uptalking mean?
Uptalking means the act of uptalking.
What part of speech is uptalking?
Uptalking is a noun.
How do you pronounce uptalking?
Uptalking is pronounced /ˈʌptɔːkɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near uptalking in the dictionary

  1. uptakings
  2. uptalk
  3. uptalked
  4. uptalker
  5. uptalkers
  6. uptalking
  7. uptalks
  8. uptalky
  9. uptear
  10. uptearing
  11. uptears

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