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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.
2. 2
   The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.

Verb

1. 1
   To produce this sound.

Antonyms

All antonyms

offglide

Etymology

From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”).

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