glottal-stopped

English

Adjective

glottal-stopped (comparative more glottal-stopped, superlative most glottal-stopped)

1. Pronounced with a glottal stop; characterised by the use of glottal stops.
   • 2004, Acting with the Voice, page 56:

     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.

   • 2015, Lidija Haas, “You don't mean dick to me”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 14:

     Throughout Back to Black, her glottal-stopped London accent eerily combines with a Motown swing in the phrasing, each element undercutting and enhancing the other to make a smooth-rough-smooth sound that’s classic and yet also speaks of its particular moment.