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groove fricative

noun

Definitions

  1. A hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

    • Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for groove fricative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA