stuttering

Определение stuttering в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Present participle of stutter; hesitant; that stutters; An instance of 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; 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; 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; 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; Frequent repetition of words or parts of words that disrupts the smooth flow of speech; A disturbance of rhythm and fluency of speech by an intermittent blocking; Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering; unable to speak freely and easily; involuntary, frequent repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllabus involuntary, frequent repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllabus
stutter: A speech disorder characterised by stuttering
stutter: {v} to stammer, to speak badly
stutter: See Stammer, and Stuttering
stutter: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
stutter: 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
stutter: To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer
stutter: {f} falter or pause frequently while speaking, stammer
stutter: One who stutters; a stammerer
stutter: The act of stutter
stutter: To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds
stutter: {i} tendency to falter or pause frequently while speaking, stammer
stutter: 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
stutter: The act of stuttering; a stammer
stutter: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
stutter: 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