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flap consonant

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Also known as tap consonant, flap, tap

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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