Crossword clues for plosive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of consonantal sound, 1899, from explosive. As an adjective from 1909.
Wiktionary
a. (context phonetics English) Produced in this way. n. (context phonetics English) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".
WordNet
adj. produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release with a burst of air (as `p' and `d' in `pit' or `dog')
n. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound] [ant: continuant consonant]
Usage examples of "plosive".
The dragon leapt after Knot, trailing little plosive puffs of smoke in his wake.
The only sounds were the flutter of flames, the occasional ex- plosive snap of a splitting board, and, when the breeze was from the north, the muttered conversation of tree frogs.
Kirk, the Klingons have secreted an ex- plosive device of small size but tremendous triggering power in your .
The tap-shuffle, tap-shuffle of her gait echoed against the dark silent buildings, little lost plosives of sound.
When she spoke, her voice was full and rich though she had a little trouble with her plosives, but her Trade-Min was clear and easily understood.
Their language was full of sharp tongue clicks and plosives spat from the back of the mouth.
He could make the beginning, elementary sounds, but was unable to form an s, I, or w or thestop plosives, were and do.
The tap-shuffle, tap-shuffle of her gait echoed against the dark silent buildings, little lost plosives of sound.
For this reason, people who are used to hearing the unvoiced sounds pronounced as aspirated variants may (wrongly) perceive unaspirated unvoiced plosives as their voiced counterparts.
When he stuttered over the plosive sounds, spittle flew from his lips.