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vo·cal

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\\ˈvō-kəl\\ adjective1.
  a. uttered by the voice : 

oral

  b. produced in the larynx : uttered with voice
2. relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice
    vocal music
3. 

vocalic

4.
  a. having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound
  b. 

expressive

  c. full of voices : 

resounding

  d. given to expressing oneself freely or insistently : 

outspoken

      a highly vocal critic
  e. expressed in words
5. of, relating to, or resembling the voice
    vocal impairment
• vo·cal·i·ty \\vō-ˈka-lə-tē\\ noun
• vo·cal·ly \\ˈvō-kə-lē\\ adverb

II

noun1. a vocal sound
2. a usually accompanied musical composition for the human voice : 

song

; also : a performance of such a composition

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vo·cal
I. \ˈvōkəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vocalis, from voc-, vox voice + -alis -al — more at 
1. 
 a. : uttered by the voice (as in speech or song) : 
  < silent and vocal prayers >
  < by gestures or vocal communication >
 b. : consisting of or characterized by tone produced in the larynx : uttered with voice rather than breath : , , intonated
2. 
 a. : relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice with or without accompaniment
  < vocal music >
  < vocal technique >
  — compare 
 b. : of or devoted to singing
  < a recital of vocal students >
  < organized a vocal group to sing his composition >
3. : 
4. 
 a. : having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound
  < all vocal beings hymned their equal God — Alexander Pope >
  < our harps, no longer vocal now — Charles Wesley >
  < the brook vocal, with here and there a silence — Alfred Tennyson >
 b. : expressive as if by speech
  < not that she made a fuss, but her back was most extraordinarily vocal — Willa Cather >
 c. : full of the sound of voices : 
  < forests, vocal with the songs of many birds — American Guide Series: Washington >
 d. : given to expressing oneself freely or insistently : 
  < the islanders are, by nature, highly vocal, and quite a few have reputations … as street-corner orators — New Yorker >
  < vocal in support of his party's candidate >
  < one way of proving that you are a good security risk is to be vocal and aggressive about your patriotism — H.S.Commager >
 e. : formulated and expressed in words
  < make vocal the aspiration of decent Americans for a just and lasting peace — Bruce Bliven b. 1889 >
  < the demand for special-training courses has not yet become vocal — H.P.Hammond >
5. : of, relating to, or resembling the voice
 < vocal dysfunction due to a throat infection >
 < vocal tone >
 < the organ had been … the vehicle of sacred music because of the sustained and vocal character of its tone — A.E.Wier >
6. : concerned with the production of voice
 < the vocal tract >
Synonyms: 
 , , , , :  applies to freely speaking out, usually forcefully, insistently, or emphatically
  < our most vocal theologians — one might almost say, most vociferous — are either at the humanist left or the neoorthodox right — W.L.Sperry >
  < this instantaneous indignation of the most impulsive and vocal of men — H.L.Mencken >
   may suggest exact, distinct, or fluent and unmistakable expression in words
  < the deepest intuitions of a race are deposited in its art; no criticism can make these wholly articulate — Laurence Binyon >
  < perhaps the most articulate and effective champion of human freedom in post-Waterloo Europe — P.G.Trueblood >
   suggests, sometimes depreciatively, a facile, copious flow of words
  < rage was making him fluent; the words came easily, in a rush — Aldous Huxley >
  < not a fluent talker. He seemed to express himself with difficulty — W.S.Maugham >
   may suggest easy expressive delivery of fervent, moving, or persuasive language
  < the eloquent arguments delivered about the wording of each phrase of the Constitution >
   suggests fast utterance, sometimes inspired by protest or enthusiastic interest, that is hard to stop
  < a voluble person, but at last the flow of words stopped — Ellen Glasgow >
  < she was voluble, however, on the subject of divine punishment, and it was with difficulty that Vance stemmed her oracular stream of words — W.H.Wright >
   suggests ready facile utterance unembarrassed by the speaker's lack of depth, knowledge, wisdom, sincerity, or honesty
  < in some colonies any glib-tongued man with a pleasing personality could induce men to enlist under him as captain — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
  < a suspect who is a glib talker, who runs wild with his tongue and apparently gives out with all sorts of information — Lou Richter >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a vocal sound
2. : a musical composition for or performance by the human voice with or without accompaniment : 
 < arranges his own vocals >
 < puts down his horn and takes the vocals — Wilder Hobson >
— compare