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indoor voice en · NOUN
Meanings
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A calm, quiet voice, used to avoid disturbing others.
The toddler at the far table issued a little shriek of delight over something. "Indoor voice," his mother whispered.
2011, Lisa Unger, Darkness, My Old Friend, Broadway, published 2011, →ISBN, page 57:She knew when I was on a business call that she had to be quiet and use her indoor voice.
2014, Bobbi Govanus, How To Pilot When We Were Raised to BE Stewardesses: Reinventing Your Life with Passion and Purpose, Lulu.com, published 2014, →ISBN, page 18:She's easy to be with, provided you don't mind the constant chatter, the non-sequitur song cues, or her total lack of an indoor voice.
2014, Kate Racculia, Bellweather Rhapsody, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2014, →ISBN, page 242:
Forms
Antonyms
outdoor voice
Synonyms
inside voice