ALL meanings of glottal stop
glot·tal stop
G g - noun glottal stop phonetics: throaty speech sound 1
- noun glottal stop a plosive consonant whose occlusion and release are accomplished chiefly at the glottis, as in the Scottish articulation of the t- sound of little, bottle, etc. 1
- noun glottal stop a stop consonant, without release, having glottal occlusion as a secondary articulation, as in yep for yes, nope for no. 1
- noun glottal stop a plosive speech sound produced as the sudden onset of a vowel in several languages, such as German, by first tightly closing the glottis and then allowing the air pressure to build up in the trachea before opening the glottis, causing the air to escape with force 0
- noun glottal stop a speech sound (IPA symbol [ʾ]) articulated by a momentary complete closing of the glottis 0