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Stutter

//ˈstʌtɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
  2. 2
    a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds wordnet
  3. 3
    One who stutters. obsolete

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds. ambitransitive

    "He stuttered a few words of thanks."

  2. 2
    speak haltingly wordnet
  3. 3
    To expel a gas with difficulty. intransitive

    "I was stuttering after the marathon."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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