הִפְטִיר
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Meanings
Hif'il verb
1. to let slip
2. to exempt (law)
3. to end with an addition (Mishnaic)
4. to read the Haftarah (Judaism)
Pronunciation
hiftír
Examples6
Tom let out a few words in French.
Tom muttered something that I couldn't hear.
Tom hardly said a word to anybody.
You can't say four-letter words on TV.
Though asked to remain quiet, the boy blurted out the answer to the question.
When I tried to speak to her, I was always too nervous to do more than stammer or say something stupid.