Crossword clues for guttural
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.
Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.
Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings.
--W. Guthrie.
In such a sweet, guttural accent.
--Landor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to the throat," 1590s, from Middle French guttural, from Latin guttur "throat, gullet" (see bowel). The noun, in linguistics, is from 1690s.
Wiktionary
a. Sounding harsh and throaty. n. A harsh and throaty spoken sound
WordNet
n. a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat [syn: guttural consonant]
Wikipedia
Guttural speech sounds are those with a primary place of articulation near the back of the oral cavity. In some definitions, this is restricted to pharyngeal consonants, but in others includes some velar and uvular consonants. Guttural sounds are typically consonants, but some vowels' articulations may also be considered guttural in nature.
Although the term has historically been used by phoneticians, and is occasionally used by phonologists today, it is now more common in popular use as an imprecise term for sounds produced relatively far back in the vocal tract. The term continues to be used by some phonologists to denote laryngeal consonants (including uvulars), as well as murmured, pharyngealized, glottalized, and strident vowels.
Usage examples of "guttural".
There was Bock, with head quizzically tilted, uttering a rumbling guttural vibration that seemed to proceed automatically from his interior.
His voice had become guttural, but examination of the fauces was negative.
Afraid, unseen, indiscernible, the jungli gave his version of what happened, sending forth his guttural monologue from behind a bougainvillaea.
They exchanged guttural coughs and grunts for about a minute, and the jungli departed at a dog-trot.
As Lingo dashed down the passage, Koy Dow uttered guttural orders to let the fleeing big shot pass.
One was the coarse, guttural sound of his jailer, a nasty, hulking brute by the name of Pinard, who never missed an opportunity to make it clear to his prisoners that he enjoyed his work immensely.
When they saw the medicine woman pick something up and take it with her, their hands flew in rapid motions punctuated by a few guttural sounds, discussing it with excited curiosity.
Yuri stared for one petrified second then let loose a guttural roar of fright that reverberated round the impassive sentinel trees.
When approaching a Sasquatch, bow and try to make that low, guttural, rumbling noise.
His voice, its guttural note alternating with a sibilance on certain words, betrayed no traces of agitation.
The words were harsh and ugly, great thorny blocks of gargling gutturals and tussive gouts of consonants unsuited to human articulation.
Feather stepped to the left, intending to seek a way around the ravine, when a chilling sound wafted down from overhead, the sound of deep, guttural laughter, echoing from wall to wall, mocking him, making him realize the bearish figures had just been toying with him.
His consternation returned with the advance of the two ancient clansmen who, after a guttural panegyric in Gaelic, offered him further symbols--a claymore and target, very formidable to behold.
The never-ceasing beat of the Potlatch drums made a throbbing, low accompaniment to their guttural tones and laughter.
Wrathburn rumbled at the lich in a guttural language while the lich shrilled and waggled its arms like a skeleton outraged at being dead.