offglide UK /ˈɒfɡlaɪd/US /ˈɑfɡlaɪd/ noun2 •A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound. •The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy. formsoffglides