| Noun | 1. | plosive speech sound - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" obstruent - a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth implosion - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant plosion, explosion - the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant labial stop - a stop consonant that is produced with the lips glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop - a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel suction stop, click - a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) |