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/spˈikɪŋ tub/ Listen

adjective

Speaking adj.

Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.

Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.

A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.

Speaking trumpet, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance.

Speaking tube, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.

To be on speaking terms, to be slightly acquainted.

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Etymology of 'Speaking tube'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Speaking tube" Quotes from Famous Books

... fatuously fancied that the timbered and rocky walls on both sides would have protected it from the wintry Colorado winds; but I feared the drift. Even now through the endless, bottomless rift in the hills—the speaking tube of the four winds—came roaring the voice of the proprietor to the little room ...

— Waifs and Strays - Part 1 • O. Henry