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slit fricative

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noun

Phonetics.

  1. a fricative, as (f ) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.

Etymology

Origin of slit fricative

First recorded in 1950–55

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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