(historical) a person employed to read the time over a phone line / A service provided by telephone companies where people can get the time by phoning a certain number.

The act of speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); glossolalia.

present participle of speak in tongues.

Synonym of in a manner of speaking

present participle of speak volumes

plural of public speaking

Synonym of plain-spoken

Synonym of free-spoken

As it were, figuratively speaking, in a manner, in a way, in a certain respect.

plural of speaking clock