flap consonant
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consonants produced with a single muscle contraction
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In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (such as the tongue) is thrown against another.
Contrast with stops and trills
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voiced alveolar flap
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voiced alveolar lateral flap
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