stutter

Plural: stutters

Noun

• a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
• A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
• One who stutters.

Verb

Verb Forms: stuttered, stuttering, stutters

• To speak with involuntary repetitions and hesitations; to stammer.
• speak haltingly
• To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
• To expel a gas with difficulty.

Examples

• He began to stutter when his opponent played an impossible-looking seven-letter word.
• He stuttered a few words of thanks.
• I was stuttering after the marathon.
• The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.

Synonyms

bumble, falter, stammer, hacker, stammerer, stutterer

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