Upboost

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to boost up rare, transitive

    "A few boostings are percieved^([sic]) as upboostings, but are realized in such a way that the auditively upboosted syllable is placed below the surrounding stressed syllables, and acoustically looks more like a downboosting, see fig. 11."

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"A few boostings are percieved^([sic]) as upboostings, but are realized in such a way that the auditively upboosted syllable is placed below the surrounding stressed syllables, and acoustically looks more like a downboosting, see fig. 11."

Etymology

From up- + boost.

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