as in stammers
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 stutters
Surprising melodic choices ride a chameleonic song structure that stutters and shrieks, bounces and raves with a fresh mix of Big Beat, UKG, breakbeats, and electro-pop sounds.
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Kat Bein, SPIN, 21 May 2026
My heart and probably yours stutters.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
It's got 8GB RAM, which ensures multitasking never stutters, and its 13-inch Liquid Retina display is just exquisite to look at.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
Kat Bein, SPIN, 21 May 2026
My heart and probably yours stutters.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
It's got 8GB RAM, which ensures multitasking never stutters, and its 13-inch Liquid Retina display is just exquisite to look at.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutters
Verb
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The fountain stammers and falls, motion-activated, playing to the crowd.—
Karl Kirchwey,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Nov. 2025
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Valentina tells Carol, who then stammers over her own words.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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So shouts an unnamed (and slightly out-of-focus) soldier just as the helicopters land in the central battle sequence in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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There have been sometimes somebody shouts in protests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, everyone is still running around like the Keystone Kops chasing Billie, passing an old lady in a bed eating Jell-O who mumbles something in Diné.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But for ordinary Americans, for those of us without fame, wealth, or connections, the machinery of justice often sputters.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Back in the car, Albert moans and groans while Billie shrieks in panic.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Stutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutters. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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