stotter

See also: støtter

English

Alternative forms

• stowter, stauter, stawter

Etymology

From Middle English stoteren (compare also participle Middle English staterand (“staggering; tottering; stumbling”)), a frequentative form of Middle English stoten (“to stumble”), related to Dutch stoten (“to push; bump; butt; stumble against”), German stoßen (“to push; butt; knock; bump”), Icelandic stauta (“to struggle through; pound; grind”), equivalent to stut +‎ -er (frequentative suffix).

Verb

stotter (third-person singular simple present stotters, present participle stottering, simple past and past participle stottered)

1. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To stagger; totter; stumble

Anagrams

• rottest, stretto, tortest, totters

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

stotter

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of stotteren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of stotteren

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German

Verb

stotter

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of stottern.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of stottern.