vocal fry
nounEtymology
From the resemblance of the noise to the sound of hot fat sputtering in a skillet.
Definitions
A low creaky vocal vibration caused by rapid vibration of the vocal chords, common in…
A low creaky vocal vibration caused by rapid vibration of the vocal chords, common in some languages such as Finnish. In English, often associated with older Received Pronunciation and more recent North American speech patterns.
- Some individuals have overlooked the fact that at such low pitch their voices fade to inaudibility at the ends of sentences, or scrape down to vocal fry.
- It is perhaps easiest to see the superimposition of vocal fry, so we will begin with this behavior.
- Pop singers, such as Britney Spears, slip vocal fry into their music as a way to reach low notes and add style.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for vocal fry. 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