uptalks

Verb

uptalk (third-person singular simple present uptalks, present participle uptalking, simple past and past participle uptalked)

1. (intransitive) To speak with a rising intonation at the end of a sentence, as if it were a question; to upspeak.
   • I asked the girl what she wanted. "Um, an apple martini?" she uptalked. / "I can do one," I said, "but you'll regret it." Our apple juice was disgusting and the apples we kept in stock weren't even the right kind.2004, Amy Sohn, My Old Man: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 265

   Synonyms:

   upspeak

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