GLOTTAL: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'glâtl
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| Matching Terms: | | glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of or relating to or produced by the glottis; "glottal stops" |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Glot"tal\, a.
Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.
{Glottal catch}, an effect produced upon the breath or voice
by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts. --Sweet.
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