Home › Words › H › hyperphonationhyperphonationhyperphonation · noun — excessive phonation, typically in the crying of a baby.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom hyper- + phonation.nounExcessive phonation, typically in the crying of a baby.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).