stutter

verb, noun — 4 senses

stutter

verb

US /ˈstʌtɚ/ · UK /ˈstʌtə/

Etymology From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

1

Ambitransitive 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.

stutter

noun

Etymology From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

1

A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.

2

Obsolete One 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.

Derived terms: covert stutter, interiorized stutter, pseudostutter, pseudostuttering, stutter edit, stutterer, stutter gun, stuttery

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