glottal catch

English

Noun

glottal catch (plural glottal catches)

1. An effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glottis.

Related terms

• glottal stop

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “glottal catch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)