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

1 sense of suction stop

Sense 1
suction stop, click -- (a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu))
       => 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")