OUT LOUD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out loud mean? 

• OUT LOUD (adverb)
  The adverb OUT LOUD has 1 sense:

1. using the voice; not silently

  Familiarity information: OUT LOUD used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUT LOUD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using the voice; not silently

Synonyms:

aloud; out loud

Context example:

he laughed out loud

 Context examples 

"I didn't know I was talkin' out loud."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I'd just got to where they all tumbled into the water when I forgot and laughed out loud.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Previous research suggests that when we prepare to speak out loud, our brain creates a copy of the instructions that are sent to our lips, mouth and vocal cords.

(Talking to Ourselves And Voices in Our Heads, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

‘Go into the kitchen,’ he continued out loud, ‘and you will get food and drink. I have no doubt that I shall find you a situation.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I feel that if I looked at him any longer, I might be tempted to say something out loud; and what would become of me then!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It is a funny sight. I want to laugh out loud, Ha! ha! just like that, it is so funny.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As far our brain is concerned, talking to ourselves in our heads may be fundamentally the same as speaking our thoughts out loud, new research shows.

(Talking to Ourselves And Voices in Our Heads, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)