What does "stuttering" mean?

A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.

What is a synonym for "stuttering"?

Common synonyms include: stammering, balbutient, balbuties, battology, ceaseless, ceaselessness.

Stuttering

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
2
An instance of stuttering.

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of stutter form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1
That stutters.
2
Hesitant. figuratively
"Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches"

Synonyms

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stammering balbutient balbuties battology ceaseless ceaselessness

Antonyms

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articulate continuous decide fluency

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"You're confusing me with that stuttering."

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