stutter
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈstʌtə//
- United States//ˈstʌtɚ//
To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
verb
- 1
To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- 2
To expel a gas with difficulty.
I was stuttering after the marathon.
The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
Etymology
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
noun
- 1
A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
- 2
obsoleteOne who stutters.
1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
Forms
- plural
- stutters
- past tense
- stuttered
- past participle
- stuttered
- present participle
- stuttering
- third person singular
- stutters
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