glottal stop

noun

: the interruption of the breath stream during speech by closure of the glottis

Examples of glottal stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Same glottal stops, same consonants, a lot of the same vowels. Tomris Laffly, IndieWire, 20 June 2024 Her post-verbal texts are made of glottal stops and hisses, tongue clicks and tones pushed out from the diaphragm. Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 14 May 2018 His speech is unhurried and deliberate, conspicuously free of glottal stops. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of glottal stop was in 1888

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“Glottal stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glottal%20stop. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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