English Dictionary

verbal

/ˈvɜː.bəl/

noun

(countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

I prefer verbal communication over written communication.

意味（1）

(countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

意味（2）

(countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.

They were convicted on the evidence of an agent provocateur named Richard Seary, backed up by police verbals from three police officers who gave evidence of six verbals in which the three accused were supposed to have admitted their guilt.

意味（3）

(uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.