(authorship, rare) A verb (such as "explained", "shouted", or "uttered") used to indicate dialogue when writing fiction, chosen so as to avoid using the word "said".

Alternative form of as the fella says

A large city in Egypt.

simple past tense and past participle of say yes

simple past tense and past participle of dare-say

Alternative form of as the man says

Used to indicate that an idea, argument, etc. has some value or merit.

simple past tense of so they say

Alternative form of there is nothing new under the sun

(UK, humorous) used to highlight a sexual ambiguity in an innocent remark