stutter
noun
- speech impediment
verb
- speak with involuntary repeated phonemes
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈstʌtɚ/ / /ˈstʌtə/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
- A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
- 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.”