speeches (noun)

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• public speaking — noun delivering an address to a public audience people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking • Syn: ↑speechmaking, ↑speaking, ↑oral presentation • Derivationally related forms: ↑speak (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• speech day — noun an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• stone wall — noun a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑fence, ↑fencing • Hyponyms: ↑dry wall, ↑dry stone wall * * * noun 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• front-porch campaign — noun a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel William McKinley s dignified front porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896 her approach was the opposite of a passive front porch campaign • Syn: ↑front porch… …   Useful english dictionary

• speechmaker — noun a person who delivers a speech or oration • Syn: ↑orator, ↑rhetorician, ↑public speaker, ↑speechifier • Derivationally related forms: ↑speechify (for: ↑speechifier), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• philippic — noun Etymology: Middle French philippique, from Latin & Greek; Latin philippica, orationes philippicae, speeches of Cicero against Mark Antony, translation of Greek philippikoi logoi, speeches of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sound truck — noun a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck * * * noun : a truck equipped with a loudspeaker for broadcasting speeches or music (as for an advertising purpose or in a political campaign)… …   Useful english dictionary

• whistle stop — noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal • Syn: ↑flag stop, ↑way station • Hypernyms: ↑railway station, ↑railroad station, ↑railroad terminal, ↑train station, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• John Bunyan — noun English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim s Progress (1628 1688) • Syn: ↑Bunyan • Instance Hypernyms: ↑preacher, ↑preacher man, ↑sermonizer, ↑sermoniser, ↑writer, ↑author * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• stumping — noun campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑campaigning, ↑candidacy, ↑candidature, ↑electioneering, ↑political campaign …   Useful english dictionary