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plosive

[ ploh-siv ]

adjective

  1. (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.


noun

  1. Also called explosive. a plosive speech sound.

plosive

/ ˈ±è±ôəʊ²õɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. articulated with or accompanied by plosion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a plosive consonant; stop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of plosive1

First recorded in 1895–1900; shortened form of explosive
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of plosive1

C20: from French, from explosif explosive
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But it was the plosive consonants of her own language that best gave shape to her anger.

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The QuadCast does have a built-in bright red pop filter, but unfortunately, it is not very good at stopping plosive speech sound.

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All are trying to master the form’s technical specifics — “the spit or the plosive p’s, those things get in the way,†Kelli O’Hara said — and pull off decent sound quality while stuck at home.

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In “A Note on the 51³Ô¹Ï ‘Gubernatorial,’†which Davis contributed to the Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus, she enjoys the word’s sound, “incorporating two voiced plosives and the word ‘goober.’â€

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It’s built in a sturdy way so it’s the same distance from the mic at all times and is effective at suppressing those plosives.

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