moan out
moan out
1. To utter loud, prolonged moans. I could hear someone moaning out in the dark, but I couldn't see them. I'll never be able to rid myself of the memory of hearing all those wounded and dying soldiers moaning out on the battlefield.
2. To utter something in a low, guttural, droning voice. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "moan" and "out." He managed to moan out his name before losing consciousness from the blood loss. It's incredibly awkward hearing to the woman next door moaning her lover's name out in the middle of the night.
See also: moan, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
moan something out
to say something in a moan. The injured woman moaned the name of her assailant out. She moaned out the name.
See also: moan, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- moan with
- moan with (something)
- give out with (something)
- give out with something
- moan about
- moan about (someone or something)
- mutter about
- mutter about (someone or something)
- squeak out
- F (someone or something)