stuttered; stuttering; stutters
1
: to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)
2
: to move or act in a halting or spasmodic manner
the old jalopy bucks and stutters uphill—
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: to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter
1
: an act or instance of stuttering
2
: the habitual tendency to stutter
had a mild stutter
: stuttering
Examples of stutter in a Sentence
Verb
I used to stutter when I was a child.
She stutters when she gets excited.
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Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
But the team stuttered against the Philadelphia Eagles and then against the Atlanta Falcons in weeks 3 and 4.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Biden, who has always had a stutter, has clearly lost an additional step in his rhetorical powers in recent years.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Under the hood is an M2 chip, which performed fairly well in our tests but did feel sluggish at times—the laptop stuttered a bit while editing video footage and photos.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
But the team stuttered against the Philadelphia Eagles and then against the Atlanta Falcons in weeks 3 and 4.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
Overcoming adversity: Love had a stutter that kept him from getting work after his playing career ended in 1977.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Biden, who has always had a stutter, has clearly lost an additional step in his rhetorical powers in recent years.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stutter. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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stutter
1 of 2 intransitive verb
stut·ter
ˈstət-ər 
: to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)
: to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter
stutter
2 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of stuttering
2
: the habitual tendency to stutter
had a mild stutter
: stuttering sense 2
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