Definition: sibilant

sibilant

• adj. Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh): the sibilant consonants; a sibilant bird call.
• n. A sibilant speech sound, such as English (s), (sh), (z), or (zh).

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• July 7, 2010 at 14:16
  in Language, Duly noted

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