the words that are spoken; I listened to his words very closely'
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; his compositions always started with the lyrics; he wrote both words and music; the song uses colloquial language
language that is spoken or written; he has a gift for words; she put her thoughts into words'
an angry dispute; they had a quarrel; they had words
words making up the dialogue of a play; the actor forgot his speech
[ Syn: actors line , speech ]