compressed speech
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of compressed speech
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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In the 1970s and 1980s, the Defense Department began investigating compressed speech as a way to boost learning.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2016
During the latter part of his life there was a return of his early fault of quick, nervous, compressed speech.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
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