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A sudden stopping of the breath; a consonant produced by this means a stopped consonant, ‘stop’, or ‘mute’, as k, t, p, g, d, b.
Phonetics. The complete closure of the orinasal passages in articulating a mute consonant.
The action of stop, v. in various senses.
closure of the oral passage so as to form a mute.