noun
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
• Syn: ↑click
• Hypernyms: ↑stop consonant, ↑stop, ↑occlusive, ↑plosive consonant, ↑plosive speech sound, ↑plosive
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noun also suctional stop : a voice stop in the formation of which the air behind the articulation is rarefied with consequent inrush of air when the articulation is broken — compare pressure stop
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Phonet.
click (def. 3).
[1885-90]
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suction stop or suctional stop noun (phonetics)
A stop consonant in which the contact of the articulating organs is followed by an inrush of air, a click or implosive
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Main Entry: ↑suction
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suction stop,
Phonetics. a stop which is released by inward suction, rather than the more usual outward explosion of the checked breath stream. The most familiar suction stops are clicks.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.