Stutter

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stutter \Stut"ter\, n.
     1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See {Stammer}, and
        {Stuttering}.
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     2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] --Bacon.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stutter \Stut"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Stuttered}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Stuttering}.] [Freq. of stut, OE. stoten; probably
     of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G.
     stottern, D. stooten to push, to strike; akin to G. stossen,
     Icel. stauta, Sw. st["o]ta, Dan. st["o]de, Goth. stautan, L.
     tundere, Skr. tud to thrust. Cf. {Contuse}, {Obtuse}.]
     To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with
     spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
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           Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stutter
       n : a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
           repetitions of certain sounds [syn: {stammer}]
       v : speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
           opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stammer}, {falter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "stutter":
     balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem,
     hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer,
     palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble, stuttering, traulism