stutter

4 definitions found

stutter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stutter \Stut"ter\, n.
     1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and
        Stuttering.
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     2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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  Stutter \Stut"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Stuttered; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Stuttering.] [Freq. of stut, OE. stoten; probably
     of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G.
     stottern, D. stooten to push, to strike; akin to G. stossen,
     Icel. stauta, Sw. st["o]ta, Dan. st["o]de, Goth. stautan, L.
     tundere, Skr. tud to thrust. Cf. Contuse, Obtuse.]
     To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with
     spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
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           Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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stutter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stutter
      n 1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
           repetitions of certain sounds [syn: stammer, stutter]
      v 1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
           opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter,
           stammer, falter]

stutter - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "stutter":
     balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem,
     hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer,
     palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble, stuttering, traulism