stuttering

English

Noun

stuttering (plural stutterings)

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.

Synonyms

• stammering

Derived terms

• covert stuttering
• interiorized stutter

Translations

a speech disorder — see also stammering,‎ stammer,‎ stutter

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: تَأْتَأَة f

• Catalan: quequesa (ca) f, disfèmia f
• Danish: stammen c
• French: bégaiement (fr) m
• German: Stottern (de) n
• Hindi: बड़बड़ा (baṛabṛā)
• Hungarian: dadogás (hu)
• Italian: disfemia f
• Japanese: 吃音 (ja) (きつおん, kitsuon), 吃音症 (きつおんしょう, kitsuonshō), 吃り (どもり, domori)
• Marathi: तोतरेपणा (totrepṇā)
• Navajo: ałtʼaʼndziih
• Portuguese: disfemia (pt) f, gagueira f
• Russian: заикание (ru) (zaikanije)
• Slovak: zajakávanie n, koktanie n
• Spanish: disfemia (es) f, tartamudeo (es) m
• Tagalog: nauutal
• Turkish: kekeleme (tr)

instance of stuttering

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: koktání n
• French: bégaiement (fr) m
• Serbo-Croatian: mucanje (sh)
• Swedish: stamning

Verb

stuttering

1. present participle and gerund of stutter

Adjective

stuttering (comparative more stuttering, superlative most stuttering)

1. That stutters.
2. (figuratively) Hesitant.
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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

Derived terms

• stutteringly

Translations

that stutters

• Armenian: կակազ (hy) (kakaz)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (stamms)
• Latin: balbus
• Scottish Gaelic: mabach

(figuratively) hesitant

• Spanish: titubeo (es)

Anagrams

• Turing test