1. egressive - Noun
2. egressive - Adjective
Going or directed outward.
(phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
(geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.
egressive (plural egressives)
(phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
Similarly, voiced clicks require a simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream to make the voicing possible. Source: Internet
One of the clicks in Damin is actually an egressive click, using the tongue to compress the air in the mouth for an outward (egressive) "spurt". Source: Internet
Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). Source: Internet
There are seven or eight known releases, not counting slapped or egressive clicks. Source: Internet