sound out

Verb	1.	sound out - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, articulate, say
	2.	sound out - try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor" Synonyms: feel out, check out

accent, accentuate, articulate, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, enounce, enunciate, explode, flap, labialise, labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, mouth, nasalise, nasalize, palatalise, palatalize, pronounce, raise, retroflex, roll, round, say, sibilate, sound, speak, stress, subvocalise, subvocalize, syllabise, syllabize, talk, trill, twang, utter, verbalise, verbalize, vocalise, vocalize, voice, vowelise, vowelize