speaking : Idioms & Phrases
A speaking acquaintance
- a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.
Webster 1913
Speaking trumpet
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noun a trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person
WordNet
- 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.
Webster 1913
Speaking tube
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noun a tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another
WordNet
- a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.
Webster 1913
To be on speaking terms
- to be slightly acquainted.
