📖 Definitions of "Stutter"
noun
- 1
A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
- 2
One who stutters.
verb
- 1
To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
"He stuttered a few words of thanks."
- 2
To exhaust a gas with difficulty
"The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon."
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stutter"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| stammerverb | (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech. |
| falterverb | To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. |
| studdernoun | Misspelling of stutter. [A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.] |
| pseudostutterverb | (intransitive) To produce deliberate stuttering speech, sometimes used as part of therapy to control a stutter. |
| habblenoun | (Scotland) A state of perplexity. |
| sputternoun | Confused and hasty speech. |
| hackernoun | (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems. |
| stutnoun | (Scotland, Northern England) A support. |
| splutternoun | (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound. |
| buffnoun | Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. |
| faffleverb | to flap, like a flag |
| balbutiateverb | (obsolete, intransitive) To stammer. |
| babblenoun | Idle talk; senseless prattle |
| quavernoun | A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing. |
| mumblenoun | A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice. |
| lispnoun | The act or a habit of lisping. |
| sputter outverb | (intransitive, of an engine, motor, etc.) To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off. |
| spatverb | (intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly. |
| spewverb | (intransitive, informal) To vomit. |
| tattlenoun | (countable) A tattletale. |
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