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Stuttered

To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

📖 Definitions of "Stuttered"

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."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
stammerverb	(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
falterverb	To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
stammeredverb	Of speech: irregular or halting.
stammeringnoun	The act of one who stammers.
sputteredverb	(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
splutteredverb	(intransitive) Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
sputteringnoun	A noise that sputters.
stammeringly	In a stammering manner, done with a stammer or stutter.
falteredverb	To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
stumblesverb	(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
stammerernoun	One who stammers; a stutterer.
sputtersnoun	Confused and hasty speech.
splutteringnoun	emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds
stilted	(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
trembledverb	(intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
stiltedly	Stiffly, or in an unnatural manner
faltering	hesitant, halting
sputternoun	Confused and hasty speech.
splutternoun	(countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
garbled	(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled