Studderverb
misspelling of stutter
Stutterverb
(ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
‘He stuttered a few words of thanks.’;
Studdernoun
misspelling of stutter
Stutterverb
(intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty
‘The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.’;
Stutternoun
A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
Stutternoun
(obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
Stutterverb
To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
‘Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.’;
Stutternoun
The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
Stutternoun
One who stutters; a stammerer.
Stutternoun
a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
Stutterverb
speak haltingly;
‘The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room’;
Stutterverb
talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants
‘the child was stuttering in fright’;
Stutterverb
say something with difficulty, repeating the initial consonants of words
‘he shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema’; ‘‘W-what's happened?’ she stuttered’;
Stutterverb
(of a machine or gun) produce a series of short, sharp sounds
‘she flinched as a machine gun stuttered nearby’;
Stutterverb
progress in an irregular way
‘the stuttering economy’;
Stutternoun
a tendency to stutter while speaking
‘‘She's p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter’;
Stutternoun
a series of short, sharp sounds produced by a machine or gun
‘a machine gun shattered the quiet with its explosive stutter’;