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stutter

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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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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter. Accessed 2 Dec. 2022.

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