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
The King’s Speech is the apex of that trend: This eminently likable story, about a stuttering king (Colin Firth) and the speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) who helps him, hits every inspirational beat and has a patina of class to it.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The effect is often serene and soothing, even when busy, stuttering electronic beats occasionally enter the mix.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
Even if Newcastle have stuttered against mid-to-lower-table sides throughout the campaign, often reserving their best performances for elite teams, Howe recognises there is a huge opportunity ahead to return to the Champions League.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Most children start stuttering between the ages of 2 and 5 years old and that stuttering has proven to be genetically based.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The effect is often serene and soothing, even when busy, stuttering electronic beats occasionally enter the mix.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
Even if Newcastle have stuttered against mid-to-lower-table sides throughout the campaign, often reserving their best performances for elite teams, Howe recognises there is a huge opportunity ahead to return to the Champions League.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Most children start stuttering between the ages of 2 and 5 years old and that stuttering has proven to be genetically based.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter
Verb
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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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Can only stammer back something about ulcers and panic attacks and nightmares.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
28 June 2024
Verb
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My baby mutters and drool drips down his chin from his new molar.—
Jessica Slice,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Collectors drool over the wrist watch from the ‘60s.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Hutchinson had no final statement, according to the Associated Press, and appeared to mumble to himself as the procedure began.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Hutchinson had no last statement but appeared to be mumbling to himself as the procedure started just before 8 p.m.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Traditionally, the upside down American flag signals distress, and that was the mood expressed as speakers shouted, cried and chanted with the crowd of around 100 people.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
17 May 2025
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In a separate post, Cabrera shouted out some teammates who came and visited him in the hospital overnight.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2025
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His ability to be believable as both a laconic grump and a hysterically shrieking interrogator helps add some emotional grounding to Havoc, which otherwise indulges in Evans’s more-is-more-is-more ideology.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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Dawn fights off the ghost, bleeding and shrieking into the void, pouring her heart into the battle.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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The batter will sputter and bubble—use the handle to quickly swirl the pan and distribute the batter across the entire surface.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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Over that span, an offense the Twins believed was capable of again finishing in the top 10 in runs scored sputtered.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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