Associations to the word «Utter»

Wiktionary

UTTER, adjective. (now poetic) (literary) Outer; furthest out, most remote. [from 10th c.]
UTTER, adjective. (obsolete) Outward. [13th–16th c.]
UTTER, adjective. Absolute, unconditional, total, complete. [from 15th c.]
UTTER, verb. (transitive) To say
UTTER, verb. (transitive) To use the voice
UTTER, verb. (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved
UTTER, verb. (transitive) To make (a noise)
UTTER, verb. (legal) (transitive) To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation
UTTER, adverb. (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.

Dictionary definition

UTTER, verb. Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse".
UTTER, verb. Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand".
UTTER, verb. Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize".
UTTER, verb. Put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency".
UTTER, adjective. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth".
UTTER, adjective. Complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope