stutter
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstʌtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstʌtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Verb edit
stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
- (intransitive) To expel a gas with difficulty.
- I was stuttering after the marathon.
- The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
Translations edit
to speak with spasmodic repetition — see stammer
Noun edit
stutter (plural stutters)
- A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
- Synonym: stammer
- (obsolete) One who stutters.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,[1]
- And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,[1]
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Derived terms edit
Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter