noun
- A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
- synonyms: fricative consonant, spirant
adjective
- Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'. ).
- synonyms: continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
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