stutter
A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
Noun
- A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
Synonyms: stammer
- 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.
Origin
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
Forms
Derived
covert stutter interiorized stutter pseudostutter pseudostuttering stutter edit stutterer stutter gun stuttery
Verb
- To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- To expel a gas with difficulty.
- I was stuttering after the marathon.
- The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.