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SUCTION STOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
Synonyms:
click; suction stop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("suction stop" is a kind of...):
occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it)
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