as in to stammer
to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions
I used to stutter when I was a child. She stutters when she gets excited.
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Recent Examples of stutter
Calling out to a congresswoman Biden knew had died isn't stuttering.
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Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Despite trailing heavily in the first-round vote, Dan’s campaign has picked up momentum in recent days while his rival’s has stuttered.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
With China’s economy already stuttering and a rapid rise in U.S. tariffs threatening to hobble exports, a rapid outflow of capital from the country may complicate policymakers’ jobs even further.
—Lee Ying Shan,asriel Chua, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
But the overwhelming perception for the past two years has been that Watkins is in the ascendency and Rashford is stuttering.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Despite trailing heavily in the first-round vote, Dan’s campaign has picked up momentum in recent days while his rival’s has stuttered.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
With China’s economy already stuttering and a rapid rise in U.S. tariffs threatening to hobble exports, a rapid outflow of capital from the country may complicate policymakers’ jobs even further.
—Lee Ying Shan,asriel Chua, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
But the overwhelming perception for the past two years has been that Watkins is in the ascendency and Rashford is stuttering.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter
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Over hard hip-hop beats and snarling guitar distortion, Gordon stammered about daily banalities, reframing modern life as a psychological war zone.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
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Joe stammers a non-answer because his prose has turned more erotic than thriller thanks to his growing obsession with her.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Leaning over him, Mary drools into Stack’s mouth, her appetite soon his own.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
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The American Veterinary Medical Association recommends learning the signs of overheating in dogs such as excessive panting, restlessness, excessive drooling, unsteadiness, or abnormal gum and tongue color.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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In his later years, McDermott suffered memory and speech loss, often mumbling incoherently and failing to recognize friends and family.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Hawkins, however, knows how to use her twee energy to her advantage, largely tittering and mumbling away.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Theater talk is some of the most frivolous talk, and it should be shouted from the rooftops.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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But they were awakened around 2 a.m. Saturday by someone pounding on the front door and shouting, asking to enter and identifying himself as a police officer, the family recounted.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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Speaking of which, the movie opens like a monster movie, Knightley shrieking with uncommon volatility as her hysterical character is carted up to the institute in a carriage.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Berger’s tiny stage bulges like a clown car, stuffed with superb comedians such as Russell Daniels, playing a prospective son-in-law (and Grade A idiot) who shrieks around sick people, and Sarah Stiles, as a pert soubrette.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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Our own sun will experience this latter transformation in around six billion years after shedding most of its mass during a swollen red giant phase, eventually sputtering out as a smoldering stellar ember.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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After its starring role at WWDC 2024, Apple's AI solution sputtered into existence late in 2024 and hasn't done much since.—
Chloe Albanesius,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2025
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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