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glottal stop

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glottal stop
[glot′əl stop]
1 a speech sound made by closure of the glottis or vocal folds and then an explosive release.
2 an abnormal sound substitution with a guttural quality.


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It has, for example, glottal stops and sibilant L's that people who speak languages of European origin find totally foreign.
During ``Party,'' Furtado panted like Miriam Makeba in short staccato glottal stops.
 
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