speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

palatal - a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')

movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

sideslip, skid, slip - an unexpected slide

flying, flight - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

hang gliding - gliding in a hang glider

parasailing - gliding in a parasail

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

slide, slew, slue, slip, skid - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

coast - move effortlessly; by force of gravity

skitter - glide easily along a surface

snake - move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake

skate - move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

skim, plane - travel on the surface of water

surf - ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf"

elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"

air travel, air, aviation - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"

aviate, pilot, fly - fly a plane

kite - soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"

sailplane, soar - fly a plane without an engine

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"