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
Despite trailing heavily in the first-round vote, Dan’s campaign has picked up momentum in recent days while his rival’s has stuttered.
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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
Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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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
Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 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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The early symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, twitching, stiff muscles, speech challenges, trouble swallowing, and drooling.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Signs someone has swallowed a button battery include: noisy breathing, coughing, drooling, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse voice, vomiting, chest or abdominal pain, and gagging, coughing or choking with eating or drinking.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
8 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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On Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR made official what the Ram trucks parked in the fan midway and the Ram show truck rambling about the grounds had already shouted all weekend—unless Stellantis has taken up recreational tailgating.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Demonstrators shout and film at police during a protest in the Paramount section of Los Angeles on June 7 after federal immigration authorities conducted operations.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 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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The nationwide campaign against DEI, inspired in large by Trump himself, is a shrieking dog whistle to a MAGA subset that wants only a white man’s world.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 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 25 Jun. 2025.
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