How do you pronounce glottal stop?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɡlɑtəl stɑp/.

glottal stop

/ɡlɑtəl stɑp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

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"Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words."

glottal stops (plural)

uh-oh

hamza ʔ ʻokina ‘okina 'okina okina stød uh-oh

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