a sound made by stopping air as it passes through your throat. In some varieties of spoken English a glottal stop is often used instead of a ‘t’ sound in the middle or at the end of a word.
Synonyms and related words
Terms in phonetics
affricate
alveolar
articulator
glottal stop
noun countable linguistics
US
Word Forms
singular
glottal stop
plural
glottal stops
DEFINITIONS1
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a sound made by stopping air as it passes through your throat. In some varieties of spoken English a glottal stop is often used instead of a “t” sound in the middle or at the end of a word.