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Stutter
ˈstʌtə
Stutter definitions
verb
stutter
stuttered
stuttering
stutters
- talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants
"the child was stuttering in fright"
- say something with difficulty, repeating the initial consonants of words
"he shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema"
- (of a machine or gun) produce a series of short, sharp sounds
"she flinched as a machine gun stuttered nearby"
- progress in a hesitant or irregular way
"the country still has problems, not least that its economy is stuttering and unemployment is high"
noun
stutter
stutters
- a tendency to stutter while speaking
"‘She's p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter"
- a series of short, sharp sounds produced by a machine or gun
"a machine gun shattered the quiet with its explosive stutter"