sounding

Adjective

• making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
  • harsh-sounding
    

• having volume or deepness
  • sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal
    
  • the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion- Wordsworth
    

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
  • left their clothes dirty looking
    
  • a most disagreeable looking character
    
  • angry-looking
    
  • liquid-looking
    
  • severe-looking policemen on noble horses
    
  • fine-sounding phrases
    
  • taken in by high-sounding talk
    

Noun

• the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

• a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line