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glottal stop

noun

Phonet. a speech sound (IPA symbol [ΚΎ]) articulated by a momentary complete closing of the glottis: it is sometimes heard as a variant for medial t (as in bottle or water) in some English dialects, and is the medial sound in the negative expression conventionally spelled unh-unh in English

Browse dictionary entries near glottal stop

  1. glottal
  2. glossy
  3. glossolalia
  4. glossographer
  5. glosso-
  6. glossitis
  7. glossator
  8. glossary
  9. glossal
  10. glossa
  1. glottis
  2. glotto-
  3. glottochronology
  4. Gloucester
  5. Gloucestershire
  6. glove
  7. glove box
  8. glove compartment
  9. glover
  10. glow