SECOND-HAND SPEECH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second-hand speech mean? 

• SECOND-HAND SPEECH (noun)
  The noun SECOND-HAND SPEECH has 1 sense:

1. overheard conversation (especially overheard cellphone conversation)

  Familiarity information: SECOND-HAND SPEECH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECOND-HAND SPEECH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overheard conversation (especially overheard cellphone conversation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("second-hand speech" is a kind of...):

conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)