Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plosive"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plosive
adj : produced by complete closure of the oral passage and
subsequent release with a burst of air (as `p' and `d'
in `pit' or `dog')
n : a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and
suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too
aspirated" [syn: {stop consonant}, {stop}, {occlusive}, {plosive
consonant}, {plosive speech sound}] [ant: {continuant
consonant}]
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