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glottal

g lo tuhl

  • a  of or relating to or produced by the glottis
    glottal stops

  • Her glottal throb on these dozen tunes purifies the funereal sentiments; it's as if the lines on a condolence card were raised to a kind of folk art.
  • His attempts at speech are usually glottal grunts.
  • There is a hint of girlishness in the choice of some lightweight material on the album (MCG Curb), and her singing sometimes is closer to the full-throttle glottal attack of .
Quotes

  • Johann Hari in guardian.co.uk
    In The Independent, Johann Hari writes that Goody, "in her own glottal, gobby way" jabbed a knitting needle into the subconscious of Britain just as surely as Diana Spencer did.

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