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
Timbaland’s eerie, minimalist production — stuttering beat patterns, yawning silences between drum hits, synth riffs that bray and heave — was the ideal vehicle for Elliott’s slaloming, heavily syncopated raps.
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
On a collaborative record where slurred Mandarin intersects with stuttering synths, the Chengdu rapper and his mentor interrogate the disconnect between social life and our internal worlds.
—James Gui, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
It’s equipped with a 75Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync technology to eliminate image tearing and stuttering, ensuring even fast action scenes remain seamless.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Europe will make an effort—stuttering maybe—to stand on its own two feet.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
On a collaborative record where slurred Mandarin intersects with stuttering synths, the Chengdu rapper and his mentor interrogate the disconnect between social life and our internal worlds.
—James Gui, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
It’s equipped with a 75Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync technology to eliminate image tearing and stuttering, ensuring even fast action scenes remain seamless.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Europe will make an effort—stuttering maybe—to stand on its own two feet.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter
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After the awkward, stammering meet-cute, the string of joyful dates, the picturesque proposal, this perfect little love story takes a turn.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
3 Apr. 2026
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This leads to Gregory asking about Lord Anderson, but before Violet has even stammered her way through two words, Benedict whips in like a bat outta hell.—
Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Surrounded by a gaggle of microphones, cameras and other recording devices, Caleb Wilson offered up a nugget that probably left fans of North Carolina’s NBA team drooling.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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The dog, Russ, drowsed on the floor at his owner’s feet, drooling onto the tile.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The crowd mumbled and shifted as the sinker came slicing downward at impossible speed, arms and legs pinned tight, chin tucked under a matte black helmet.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
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The mumbling back and forth in the cage after the fight was the true highlight of the fight.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Fiebig banged their stick against the goal post at one point, frustrated, but continued to shout instruction and encouragement.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Director Kimmy Gatewood confirmed the cancellation on Instagram in a post shouting out Going Dutch creator Joel Church-Cooper.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 May 2026
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But in the early days of the Maniacs, everyone swears that Merchant was a shrieking dervish during shows, exorcising her teenage demons on the stage of every bar in the Rust Belt.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
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While peacocks have roamed the streets of Los Angeles County for more than a century, officials in 2021 moved to ban people from feeding them after reports of the birds shrieking in the night and damaging property.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Their side hustle is sputtering toward some sort of finish line, the Saudi’s Public Investment Fund having pulled the cashflow that made LIV so appealing in the first place.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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The offense sputtered again in the final four games of the road trip, with the Mets scoring only seven runs in four games against the Rockies and Diamondbacks.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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