devoice

English

Etymology

de- +‎ voice

Verb

devoice (third-person singular simple present devoices, present participle devoicing, simple past and past participle devoiced) (transitive)

  1. (phonetics, linguistics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal chords
  2. (Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
Last modified on 12 April 2012, at 14:21