stutter step
noun
: a momentary hesitation or false step by a runner (as in football) done to fake a defender out of position
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And yet there had been no stutter step before third base.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Dupree put a stutter step on Thomas, broke outside and caught a short touchdown pass.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
But the quarterback used a stutter step to break free and get out on the edge.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Likely did just that Saturday, freezing Hamilton with a stutter step during a one-on-one rep and gliding down the sideline to catch an easy lob from Jackson.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Dupree put a stutter step on Thomas, broke outside and caught a short touchdown pass.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
But the quarterback used a stutter step to break free and get out on the edge.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Likely did just that Saturday, freezing Hamilton with a stutter step during a one-on-one rep and gliding down the sideline to catch an easy lob from Jackson.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
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“Stutter step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stutter%20step. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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