sound off meaning

sound off as a verb

1. express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
   • John spoke up at the meeting

   Synonyms: opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert

   Type of: declare

   Kinds: editorialize

2. start playing
   • The musicians struck up a tune

   Synonyms: strike up

   Type of: play

3. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
   • My mother complains all day
   • She has a lot to kick about

   Synonyms: complain, kick, plain, quetch, kvetch

   Kinds: nag, backbite, whine, murmur, grouch, protest, repine, gripe, rail, deplore, report, bleat

sound off in a sentence

• He sounds off about authors he's never read.
• The alarm sounded off.
• Yanni played that sound off as his imagination.
• Yanni turned the TV sound off.

How to pronounce sound off

sound off is pronounced /saʊnd ɒf/ in British English and /saʊnd ɔf/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.