See Also: glottal(medicine)
glottal(dictionary)
glottal stop(dictionary)

imitation (oh) and glottal (iou)


imitation (oh)



[U and C] when you copy someone else's actions
by imitation
::Many people think that children learn language by imitation.
::The remake of 'Casablanca' was a pale imitation (=something that is much less good than the thing it imitates) of the original movie.
[C] when you copy the way someone speaks or behaves, especially in order to be funny
-synonym impression impression
::She acted, she danced, she did imitations .
imitation of
::his imitation of an American accent
[C] a copy of something
imitation of
::She wore an imitation of a sailor's hat.
imitation fur/pearls/silk/leather etc
(=something that looks like an expensive material but is a copy of it)
::an imitation fur coat

glottal (iou)



glottal adjective. M19.
[from GLOTT(IS + -AL1.]
Pertaining to or produced by the glottis.
glottal catch, glottal stop a sound produced by the sudden opening or shutting of the glottis before or after an emission of breath or voice.
J. Heller The same splintered syllable, the same glottal stutter, kept coming out.
glo'ttalic adjective relating to the glottis and its total or partial closure M20.