stutter
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈstʌtər/
- Specialized
:
tartamudez
- Therefore, the dynamics of stuttering are best understood within discourse contexts that involve interactions with other people.
- stuttering-like disfluencies
- stuttering speech
- stuttering treatment
If one has a stutter, what can they do?
- If one has a stutter, what can they do?
- He explained the stutter that he has, Right?
- False teeth, short hair and a stutter.
- They were there for like lisps, stutters and stuff like that.
- So they said, doctor, I've got a terrible a stutter.
- And one of the funniest things he did was a sketch of a Chinese waiter with a stutter.
- And we think the speech part of the basal ganglia can adults who maintain a stutter from childhood repair that stutter.
- And as we've heard before, and I said, and up to this point, my stuttering, the break of my speech, the break of my sight lines with him has been very low status.
- The the problem I had, though, was I used to suffer with a serious stuttering problem.
Examples
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As a child, he struggled with a stutter that made it difficult for him to communicate.
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As I remember my reaction to his stuttering, I am overwhelmed by a limitless feeling of remorse.
Fiction book (2000) -
Does he have a stutter or is it all an act?
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If one has a stutter, what can they do?
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I... I used to have a really bad stutter.
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Plus, I had this really bad stutter.
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Jamie enjoyed reading about other children's experiences with stuttering and even attended a regional Friends conference with his family.
Academic text (2014) -
Ron Ramsey was an apprentice electrician with a stutter and a crush on Holly.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many people who have a stutter find that therapy can help them improve their speech.
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His stutter became less noticeable after he practiced speaking in front of a mirror.
Synonyms
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5.5
A speech problem with short pauses and repeated sounds that make words hard to understand
1
4.8
Difficulty speaking clearly that makes others hard to understand
Antonyms
How Fluent
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6.1
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3.0
- Specialized
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8.9
- Specialized
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4.1
110
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stutter The word stutter comes from an old sound-imitating root stut, like the quick noise 'stut-stut'. So a stutter is when speech repeats or stops in short, jerky parts.