glottal-stopped
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pronounced with a glottal stop; characterised by the use of glottal stops.
Example Sentences
- "And in a heavy London Cockney "That's all right, isn't it?" becomes "aess aw roy? ni?" with both the "t" in "right" and "it" glottal stopped."
- "Throughout Back to Black, her glottal-stopped London accent eerily combines with a Motown swing in the phrasing, each element undercutting and enhancing the other to make a smooth-rough-smooth sound that’s classic and yet also speaks of its particular moment."
Inflected Forms
more glottal-stopped (comparative)
most glottal-stopped (superlative)