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to stutter

to stutter

57 4.9
To speak with difficulty by repeating sounds or pausing often
  • verb
  • /ˈstʌtər/
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  • You know, watch my cringe self talk to somebody and fumble and stutter through words.
  • a person who stutters
  • children who stutter
  • students who stutter

But people who stutter don't stutter all the time either.

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Examples

  • But people who stutter don't stutter all the time either.

    Andrew Huberman

  • I tend to stutter when I get a little nervous.

    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

  • Participants who identified themselves as individuals who stutter were not included in the study.

    Academic text (2014)

  • At the time of this study, Student 3 stated that he stuttered in all situations.

    Academic text (1998)

  • I speak from the floor, almost stuttering with emotion.

  • So in real life they stutter, and when they're on stage playing characters, they don't stutter.

  • You you won't be stuttering by Thanksgiving, OK?

    The Official Steve Harvey

  • In this phase, children begin to stutter and develop muscular twitches of increasing severity.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I tend to stutter when I get a little nervous.

  • He tried to speak clearly, but he would often stutter during the presentation.

Synonyms

to stammer
vsto stutter
26 4.8

To speak with short pauses and repeated sounds that make words hard to understand

is similar but often repeats initial consonants and pauses frequently
to bumble
vsto stutter
18 5.4

To move in a clumsy, confused way

is a specific speech condition with involuntary repetitions and pauses
to splutter
vsto stutter
4 7.5

To speak in short, broken sounds when angry or shocked

is a motor speech difficulty causing repeated sounds and frequent pauses
to falter
vsto stutter
4 5.4

To speak in a weak, broken voice because of strong feeling

is a clinical problem with involuntary repetition and long pauses
to hem and haw
vsto stutter
  • Informal
3 8.4

To speak slowly and pause instead of answering clearly because you feel unsure

is an involuntary speech disruption not deliberate evasive hesitation
to stumble over one's words
vsto stutter
  • Informal
1 5.6

To speak with small pauses and mistakes because you are nervous

is a speech disorder causing involuntary repeats and frequent pauses

How Hesitant

to stutter
57 4.9
to hesitate
318 2.5
to pause
346 1.0

Surface Forms

stutter infinitive
stuttered past
stuttered past participle
stuttering present participle
stutters third person singular

Etymology

Stutter To stutter originally copied the short sound stut, like 'stut-stut'. So to stutter is to speak while repeating sounds or pausing often.