Main entry: check out, feel out, sound out
Definition: try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
Usage: I have to sound out the new professor
Main entry: pronounce, say, sound out, enounce, enunciate, articulate
Definition: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
Usage: She pronounces French words in a funny way; I cannot say `zip wire'; Can the child sound out this complicated word?