stutter

A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.

Noun

  1. A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.

    Synonyms: stammer

  2. One who stutters.
    • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.

    Synonyms: stutterer stammerer

Origin

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Forms

stutters

Derived

covert stutter interiorized stutter pseudostutter pseudostuttering stutter edit stutterer stutter gun stuttery

Verb

  1. To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
    • He stuttered a few words of thanks.

    Synonyms: hacker stammer

  2. To expel a gas with difficulty.
    • I was stuttering after the marathon.
    • The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.

Forms

stutters stuttering stuttered