Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To use r too frequently.
  • To make wrong use of r; pronounce r with vibration of the uvula instead of the tip of the tongue.
  • To convert other sounds, as s, into r; substitute r in pronunciation.
  • Also spelled rhotacise, rotacize, rotacise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism).
  • verb linguistics The change of a consonant to an 'R' in certain circumstances.

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