stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive

a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

• labial stop — a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
• glottal stop, glottal plosive, glottal catch — a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
• suction stop, click — a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

• consonant — a speech sound that is not a vowel

• implosion — the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
• plosion, explosion — the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant