down tack

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Synonyms: downtick, town talk, down lock

Antonyms: downtick, town talk, down lock

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|phonetics}} The [[WT:IPA|IPA]] [[diacritic]] of [[primary articulation]]: [[˕|{{angbr|˕}}]], used to denote a [[lowered]] [[phone]]; for [[vowel]]s, the diacritic denotes a slightly more [[open]] [[utterance]]; for [[consonant]]s, it moves the [[manner of articulation]] one step forward in this chain: [[nasal]] → [[plosive]] → [[fricative]] → [[approximant]] → [[trill]] → [[tap]], [[flap]] → [[lateral fricative]] → [[lateral approximant]] → [[lateral flap]].

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