Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To speak or utter with a spasmodic repetition or prolongation of sounds.
- n. The act or habit of stuttering.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To speak with a marked stammer; utter words with frequent breaks and repetitions of parts, either habitually or under special excitement.
- Synonyms Falter, etc. See stammer.
- To utter with breaks and repetitions of parts of words; say disjointedly.
- n. A marked stammer; broken and hesitating utterance of words.
- n. One who stuts or stutters; a stutterer.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
- n. A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
- n. obsolete One who stutters; a stammerer.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
- n. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See stammer, and stuttering.
- n. obsolete One who stutters; a stammerer.
WordNet 3.0
- v. speak haltingly
- n. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
Etymologies
- Frequentative of dialectal stut, from Middle English stutten. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The value, I may explain, of the stutter is that it is like hurling the javelin.”
“His stutter is his only weakness and with Max to talk for him he's overcome that.”
“Althouse: FWIW, I read that sentence as you meant it because I'm used to your writing, familiar with your views and know what you're referring to, but I did "stutter" for a second to make that adjustment ... in pretty much the exact way I do when I'm editing for pay something which I then "flag" for the following author query: "Are you confident everyone will read this as you intend it be understood?”
“A giraffe with a stutter is an endearing thought, but I won’t pursue it.”
“- HeaderHeight property - adjust header height [18-30] - 'stutter' at end of scrolling animation”
“But it's worked wonders for Kennedy, who has had the "stutter" for as long as he can remember.”
“Recently the lens has begun to "stutter" (i.e., not lock in) especially when approaching full zoom.”
“We do not recommend the use of Quicktime in Windows as the video may 'stutter'.”
“Two "motor wheels" imparted a "stutter" or semi-randomised effect to the codes.”
“However, this is exciting, as it no longer has the 'stutter' on the last second of HD video playback.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stutter’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Cepstrums
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The Pain of Texting
Words that are a pain in the ass to type in on a numerical keypad on a cell phone because they have consecutive letters that share the same button:
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I am : talking
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[Open] Frequentative
“A verb which denotes the frequent occurrence or repetition of an action, as . . . waggle from wag.” — Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.
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This list is like butter
peanut butter, almond butter, butter of antimony, mineral butter, butter of arsenic, soy nut butter, apple butter, cocoa butter, butter bean, butter clam, butterfly, cacao butter and 72 more...
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You Don't Say
Language disorders, disabilities, and unusual demonstrations.
aphasia, aphonia, dysarthria, glossolalia, paraphasia, alexia, polymicrogyria, logorrhea, stutter, spoonerism, agraphia, malapropism and 54 more...
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(more or less) Temporary Urth List
Temporary list is temporary.
Collecting a few words here, which are then to be alloted to other lists.vassal, gnaw, putrescence, liege, pederasty, disseminate, loot, waning, fitful, hiatuse, plow, pious and 292 more...
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Mary and Max (2009)
Words from 2009 'Mary and Max' film.
muddy, puddle, birthmark, piggyback, pensive, gumnut, pompom, salvage, takeaway, oven, shed, deliberate and 112 more...
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Words and phrases from Scott Lynch's book, The Lies of Locke Lamora
constable, windfall, sternum, commensurate, disinter, grotty, thresher shark, savvy, miser, reticent, magnanimous, trowel and 301 more...
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Palabrarium
The delicious wonderful words that I love terribly dearly and without which, the world would be a less inventive and worthwhile place. Also, ostensibly, the reason 1984 and esperanto secretly suck.
panoply, footpad, piccalilli, snickersnee, marl, hispid, greengage, slumgullion, golliwog, mumbletypeg, circumlocution, quiescent and 366 more...
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alternatives to say (to reveal charac...
for the character building workshop in 3 ESO
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Funny People (2009)
Words from 2009 'Funny People' film.
frenzy, mousy, antsy, flaky, stutter, twitch, purse, gullible, hatred, dum-dum, jack off, vanquish and 16 more...
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Natt's Words
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verbs
eschew, chaperone, poach, reciprocate, meander, relent, chide, flail, redeem, stutter, resent, belabor and 24 more...
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