Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glottal_plosive

1 sense of glottal plosive

Sense 1
glottal stop, glottal plosive, glottal catch -- (a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel)
       => stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive -- (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated")