glottal stop

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡlɒtəl stɒp/

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  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ɡlɒʔəl stɒp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡlɑtəl stɑp/

glottal stop (plural glottal stops)

1. (phonetics) A plosive sound articulated with the glottis.
   • 2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 March 2024:

     Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.

2. The glottal stop symbol, ʔ. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• glottal plosive
• hiatus

• hamza

• ʔ
• ʻokina, ‘okina, 'okina, okina
• stød
• uh-oh