verbal
adjective
of or relating to words.
verbals
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pluralof verbal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"He addresses me and Tweets me quite often and I was just in the frame of mind where I thought me and Klitschko don't have much verbals, so let me respond to Fury."
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017
There's been verbals on both sides, the kind of trash talk that prize-fighters might be proud of.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2016
An unrepentant Mottram retorted: "I won't apologise because I haven't done anything wrong. David is sensitive because he knows I am speaking the truth. He started the verbals, not me."
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2015
"The verbals get me fired up," he said.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2011
Participles are adjectival verbals; that is, they either belong to some substantive by expressing action in connection with it, or they express action, and directly modify a substantive, thus having a descriptive force.
From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell
