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stuttering

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stut·ter  (sttr)
intr. & tr.v. stut·tered, stut·ter·ing, stut·ters
To speak or utter with a spasmodic repetition or prolongation of sounds.
n.
The act or habit of stuttering.
[Frequentative of dialectal stut, from Middle English stutten.]
stutter·er n.
stutter·ing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
stuttering noun
Related words
fear laliophobia
Translations
stuttering [ˈstʌtərɪŋ]
A. ADJ → tartamudo
B. N → tartamudeo m
stuttering
n → Stottern nt
stuttering [ˈstʌtərɪŋ] n → balbuzie f
stuttering [ˈstʌtərɪŋ] n → balbuzie f


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As soon as he regained the use of his senses, he said, trembling and stuttering from fright:
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
She laughed very prettily, not so much at the sonnets, which she could not but esteem, as at poor Henry's French accent, which was unique, resembling the warbling of birds, if birds ever warbled with a stuttering, nasal intonation.
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But that was by no means the worst of it, for after a day or two at sea he began to appear on deck with hazy eye, red cheeks, stuttering tongue, and other marks of drunkenness.
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