sound off
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]sound off (third-person singular simple present sounds off, present participle sounding off, simple past and past participle sounded off)
- (transitive, informal) To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.
- I'm sick of his sounding off about how he thinks this country should be run!
- 1986 February 1, Kim Westheimer, quoting Albert O'Neil, “Board Hears Testimony on Saints' Liquor License”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 10:
- I would give anything to be at the hearing so that I could really sound off about this attempt to cram another liquor license into Jamaica Plain. I say kill it today.
- (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
- 1987, Stanley Kubrick, director, Full Metal Jacket:
- Hartman: […] Do you maggots understand that?
Recruits: Sir, yes, sir!
Hartman: Bullshit! I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair.
Recruits: SIR, YES, SIR!
- (military) Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.
- 2004, Astonishing X-Men, number 5, Marvel Comics:
- Cyclops: […] X-men… Sound off …
Man 1: Iceman, sounding off!
Man 2: Fireman, sounding off!
Man 3: Clothing-Man, sounding off!
Man 4: Ability-to-Hop-Man, here!
- 2000 August 19, Schlock Mercenary:
- Tagon: Sound off! Brad, do you have the Ambassador?
Brad: Check!
Tagon: Schlock, do you have our money?
Schlock: Check!
Tagon: Are we still being pursued?
Creeth Soldiers: Check!