plosive speech sound

Synonyms:

occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, stop, stop consonant

Antonyms:

continuant, continuant consonant

consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

Types:

labial stop

a stop consonant that is produced with the lips

glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop

a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel

click, suction stop

a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

Type of:

obstruent

a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth