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Definition of glottal stop noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

glottal stop

noun
 
/ˌɡlɒtl ˈstɒp/
 
/ˌɡlɑːtl ˈstɑːp/
 (phonetics)
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  1. 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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