glottal stop

n. plosive consonant pronounced at the glottis

This article is about the sound. For the letter, see glottal stop (letter). The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . The glottal stop is the sound made when the vocal cords are pressed together to stop the flow of air and then released; for example, the break separating the syllables of the interjection uh-oh.
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Noun
1. a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
(synonym) glottal plosive, glottal catch
(hypernym) stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive