Guttural

Word GUTTURAL
Character 8
Hyphenation gut tur al
Pronunciations [ˈɡʌɾɚɫ̩]

Definitions and meanings of "Guttural"

What do we mean by guttural?

Of or relating to the throat. adjective

Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth. adjective

Velar. adjective

Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in or as in the throat: as, the guttural (superior thyroid) artery; a guttural sound; guttural speech.

A sound or combination of sounds pronounced in the throat, or in the back part of the mouth toward the throat, as k; any guttural sound or utterance. noun

Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. adjective

A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound. noun

Sounding harsh and throaty. adjective

Of, relating to, or connected to the throat. adjective

A harsh and throaty spoken sound noun

A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat noun

Relating to or articulated in the throat adjective

Like the sounds of frogs and crows adjective

A harsh and throaty spoken sound

Synonyms and Antonyms for Guttural

The word "guttural" in example sentences

The following glossolalic passage, spelled out phonetically, was made from that recording the phonetic symbol “?” refers to a guttural sound made in the back of the esophagus: ❋ Andrew Newberg (2006)

The only diacritical marks here employed are the acute accent for stressed syllables and the apostrophe between two vowels to indicate the glottic closure or interruption of sound (improperly sometimes called a guttural) that prevents the two from coalescing. ❋ Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1877)

Arabic guttural, which is unknown in the other languages in which Latin roots predominate. ❋ Anne C. Lynch Botta (1853)

It is not to be doubted, but that in the original pronunciation gh has the force of a consonant deeply guttural, which is still continued among the Scotch. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

"The problem both of these horses had involved a disease called guttural pouch mycosis, or a fungal infection in the guttural pouch," said Herb Maisenbacher, an assistant clinical professor of cardiology at the university's veterinary medical centre. ❋ Unknown (2009)

  Yet, as I inched closer to the house I became sure that only one person ... or thing ... could make those kind of guttural vocalizations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Swiss, does not consist in articulated sounds, nor is it accompanied by words; but is a simple melody formed by a kind of guttural intonation very closely resembling the tones of a flute. ❋ Various (N/A)

And turning to his companion he poured a kind of guttural volley at him, which his comrade answered with a brisk return of heavy verbal fire. ❋ Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1913)

There are birds that send a kind of guttural sound from their throats, such as the cuckoos and occasionally the blue jays. ❋ Unknown (1896)

"It is a monastery," -- said a man of whom I asked the way, speaking in a curious kind of guttural patois, half French and half Spanish -- ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

Head Cat includes bassist-lead vocalist Lemmy, and his trademark primal scream growl was probably the first of this kind of guttural sound to became widely popular with hardcore metal bands over the years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Morgin's forms, made of stabilized but unfired clay over armatures of wood and wire, take the uncanny that became intellectualized and eroticized in the hands of the surrealists, and turn it into something with a kind of guttural gravitas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A kind of guttural grunt hailed the termination of the carandjie’s harangue, who thereupon walked two or three more times round Rashleigh, waving his bough and chanting as before. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I was no longer hearing the guttural commands so common to World War II movies, but the familiar, long-ago sounds of the Yiddish that my grandparents spoke. ❋ Diane Ravitch (2011)

English is spoken without opening your mouth, Italian is sung and German is guttural. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If contemporary B-school texts trigger a mild sensation of acid reflux, Fables gives you that guttural thrill one feels on the down slope of a roller coaster. ❋ Eric Dezenhall (2011)

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