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Definition of -speak combining form from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

-speak

combining form

NAmE//spik//

(in nouns) (often disapproving)

the language used by a particular group of people, especially when it is difficult for other people to understand or they find it annoying management-speak Visitors to Web sites don't want to read marketing-speak. His e-mail was a nonsensical paragraph of management-speak. Unlike his colleagues, he avoids White House speak. The “finished goods inventory”—that's Wall Street speak for unsold goods.

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speak verb
speak of phrasal verb
speak to phrasal verb
speak up phrasal verb
speak for phrasal verb
speak out phrasal verb
so to speak
speak your mind
speak for yourself
speak out of turn
speak/talk of the devil
speak/talk out of turn
speak/think ill of somebody
no …/nothing to speak of
speak for itself/themselves
speak well/ill of somebody
actions speak louder than words
the facts speak for themselves
speak/talk the same language
speak for myself/herself/himself, etc.

Phrasal verbs

speak of phrasal verb
speak to phrasal verb
speak up phrasal verb
speak for phrasal verb
speak out phrasal verb

Idioms

so to speak
speak your mind
speak for yourself
speak out of turn
speak/talk of the devil
speak/talk out of turn
speak/think ill of somebody
no …/nothing to speak of
speak for itself/themselves
speak well/ill of somebody
actions speak louder than words
the facts speak for themselves
speak/talk the same language
speak for myself/herself/himself, etc.
say something, speak, etc. under your breath
speak volumes (about/for something/somebody)

Nearby words

spay verb
SPCA abbreviation
-speak combining form
speak verb
speakeasy noun