<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called affricative</li><li>A speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication</li><li>Examples: either of the ch-sounds in church, the j-sound in joy</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>af·fri·cat·ed</li><li>af·fri·cat·ing</li></ul></li><li>To change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.</li></ul>