guttural
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,phonetics
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[ adjective ] like the sounds of frogs and crows
Examples "a guttural voice" "acres of guttural frogs" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)`` Slice o_' mutton , bhoy '' ? she had queried in her soft guttural . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to or articulated in the throat
Examples "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
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