glottal stop
noun/ˌɡlɒtl ˈstɒp/
/ˌɡlɑːtl ˈstɑːp/
(phonetics)- a speech sound made by closing and opening the glottis, which in English is sometimes used for /t/, for example in atlasTopics Languagec2
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