stutter

Definition of stutter in English English dictionary: A speech disorder characterised by stuttering; To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; {v} to stammer, to speak badly; See Stammer, and Stuttering; a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds; If someone has a stutter, they find it difficult to say the first sound of a word, and so they often hesitate or repeat it two or three times. He spoke with a pronounced stutter. = stammer; To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer; {f} falter or pause frequently while speaking, stammer; One who stutters; a stammerer; The act of stutter; {i} tendency to falter or pause frequently while speaking, stammer; If someone stutters, they have difficulty speaking because they find it hard to say the first sound of a word. I was trembling so hard, I thought I would stutter when I spoke. = stammer + stuttering stut·ter·ing He had to stop talking because if he'd kept on, the stuttering would have started; The act of stuttering; a stammer; speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"; If something stutters along, it progresses slowly and unevenly. The old truck stuttered along the winding road The political debate stutters on. an inability to speak normally because you stutter = stammer
stutter gun: A machine gun, particularly the Thompson or similar
stutterer: Agent noun of stutter; one who stutters; a stammerer
stuttering: Present participle of stutter
stuttering: hesitant
stuttering: that stutters
stutterer: {n} one who stutters, a stammerer
To stutter: stut
stuttered: past of stutter
stutterer: someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
stutterer: {i} stammerer, one who stutters
stutterer: One who stutters; a stammerer
stutterer: Someone who stutters; a stammerer
stuttering: 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
stuttering: The act of one who stutters; restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering
stuttering: articulatory or phonatory problem that typically presents in childhood and is characterized by anxiety about efficacy of spoken communication, along with forced, involuntary hesitation, duplication, and protraction of sounds and syllables
stuttering: adj. or stammering or dysphemia Speech defect affecting the rhythm and fluency of speech, with involuntary repetition of sounds or syllables and intermittent blocking or prolongation of sounds, syllables, and words. Stutterers consistently have trouble with words starting with consonants, first words in sentences, and multisyllable words. Stuttering has a psychological, not a physiological, basis, tending to appear in children pressured to speak fluently in public. In earlier times, stutterers were subjected to often torturous efforts to cure them. Today it is known that about 80% recover without treatment, usually by early adulthood. This probably results from increased self-esteem, acceptance of the problem, and consequent relaxation. See also speech therapy
stuttering: Frequent repetition of words or parts of words that disrupts the smooth flow of speech
stuttering: A disturbance of rhythm and fluency of speech by an intermittent blocking
stuttering: Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering
stuttering: unable to speak freely and easily
stuttering: An instance of stuttering
stuttering: involuntary, frequent repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllabus involuntary, frequent repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllabus
stutteringly: stammeringly, with a stutter
stutters: plural of , stutter
stutters: third-person singular of stutter

stutter

Hyphenation

stut·ter

Turkish pronunciation

stʌtır

Synonyms

stammer, dribble, falter, hesitate, splutter, sputter, stumble

Antonyms

continue

Pronunciation

/ˈstətər/ /ˈstʌtɜr/

Etymology

[ 'st&-t&r ] (verb.) circa 1570. frequentative of English dialect stut to stutter, from Middle English stutten; akin to Dutch stotteren to stutter, Gothic stautan to strike; more at CONTUSION.

Tenses

stutters, stuttering, stuttered

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