stuttered; stuttering; stutters
1
: to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)
2
: to move or act in a halting or spasmodic manner
the old jalopy bucks and stutters uphill—William Cleary
: to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter
1
: an act or instance of stuttering
2
: the habitual tendency to stutter
had a mild stutter
: stuttering
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