[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Also called affricative . a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of thech-sounds inchurchand thej-sound injoy."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly."]}]