stutter
English
Etymology
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)
Verb
stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty
- The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.
Synonyms
- (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer
Translations
to speak with spasmodic repetition — see stammer
Noun
stutter (plural stutters)
- A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
- Synonym: stammer
- (obsolete) One who stutters.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,[1]
- And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,[1]
Translations
speech disorder
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