Glottal-stopped

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pronounced with a glottal stop; characterised by the use of glottal stops.

    "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."

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"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."

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