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Adjective: guttural  gú-tu-rul
  1. Relating to or articulated in the throat
    "the glottal stop and uvular ‘r’ and ‘ch’ in German ‘Bach’ are guttural sounds"
     
  2. Like the sounds of frogs and crows
    "acres of guttural frogs"; "a guttural voice";
    - croaky
Noun: guttural  gú-tu-rul
  1. A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
    "The 'ch' sound in the Scottish word 'loch' is a guttural consonant";
    - guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant

Derived forms: gutturals

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous

Type of: consonant

Encyclopedia: Guttural