Declaim -- Gretchen

de·claim (d-klm)

v. de·claimed, de·claim·ing, de·claims

v.intr.

1. To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.

2. To speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh.

v.tr.

To utter or recite with rhetorical effect.

 

Try to give Gretchen a bedtime that's too early, and she'll declaim "Not this girl" in an original rap: she'll dance, too.