The meaning of Stuttering

Stuttering – definition

adjective
Spoken with or characterized by a stutter.
Usage examples:
His slow stuttering speech
adjective
Progressing in a hesitant or irregular way.
Usage examples:
Her film career got off to a stuttering start

noun
The action or fact of speaking with a stutter.
Usage examples:
There is little support for the claim that stuttering is associated with anxiety

verb
Talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.
Usage examples:
The child was stuttering in fright
Synonims:
Stammer Stumble Speak haltingly Falter Speak falteringly Flounder Hesitate Pause Halt Blunder Splutter Fluff one's lines

adjective
Happening in a way that is not regular, for example by being sometimes good and sometimes bad, or sometimes moving or changing and sometimes not
Usage examples:
Stuttering (= sometimes good and sometimes bad) productivity figures over the last two years have m…

Stuttering translation into English

Stuttering: translate from English into Chinese

口吃

Stuttering: translate from English into Dutch

Stotteren

Stuttering: translate from English into French

Bégaiement

Stuttering: translate from English into German

Stottern, Gestotter, Gestammel, Stotterei

Stuttering: translate from English into Hindi

हकलाना

Stuttering: translate from English into Italian

Balbuziente

Stuttering: translate from English into Korean

말더듬 기

Stuttering: translate from English into Russian

Заикание, Заикающийся

Stuttering: translate from English into Spanish

Tartamudeo, Tartamudo

Word origin

late 16th century (as a verb): frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen ‘strike against’.

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Stuttering – similar words

stutterers

noun
Someone who speaks or says something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing or repeating a sound several times
Usage examples:
The course offers stutterers various techniques and tools that can help them.

All meanings and translations of Stutterers

stutterer

noun
Someone who speaks or says something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing or repeating a sound several times
Usage examples:
The course offers stutterers various techniques and tools that can help them.

All meanings and translations of Stutterer

stuttered

verb
Talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.
Usage examples:
The child was stuttering in fright

noun
A tendency to stutter while speaking.
Usage examples:
‘she's p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter

verb
Past simple and past participle of stutter
Usage examples:
She stutters a little, so be patient and let her finish what she's saying., [ + speech ] "c-c-can w…

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stutter

verb
Talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.
Usage examples:
The child was stuttering in fright

noun
A tendency to stutter while speaking.
Usage examples:
‘she's p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter

verb
To speak or say part of a word with difficulty, esp. by repeating it several times or by pausing before it
Usage examples:
[ i ] he doesn’t normally stutter when he speaks., i type up tapes of people talking, all the stutt…

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Stuttering synonims

blunder

noun
A stupid or careless mistake.
Usage examples:
She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made

verb
Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.
Usage examples:
He knew he'd blundered

noun
A big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought
Usage examples:
His failure to respond immediately to the accusations was a major political blunder., he feared he …

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falter

verb
Lose strength or momentum.
Usage examples:
The music faltered, stopped, and started up again

verb
Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

verb
To lose strength or purpose and pause or stop
Usage examples:
His career began to falter., faltering speech

All meanings and translations of Falter

flounder

verb
Struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water.
Usage examples:
He was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters

noun
A small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water.
Usage examples:
The study was spurred by previous observations of feminization in estuarine fish, particularly the …

verb
Move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water

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halt

verb
Bring or come to an abrupt stop.
Usage examples:
There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

noun
A suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.
Usage examples:
A halt in production

adjective
(of a person) having a physical disability.
Usage examples:
If a man were halt or hunch'd

All meanings and translations of Halt

hesitate

verb
Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.
Usage examples:
She hesitated, unsure of what to say

verb
Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

verb
To pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] if you need anything, don’t hesitate to call me., [ + to infinitive ] the bank …

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pause

verb
Interrupt action or speech briefly.
Usage examples:
She paused, at a loss for words

noun
A temporary stop in action or speech.
Usage examples:
She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain

verb
Cease an action temporarily

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splutter

verb
Make a series of short explosive spitting or choking sounds.
Usage examples:
She coughed and spluttered, tears coursing down her face

noun
A short explosive spitting or choking noise.
Usage examples:
The engine gave one final splutter and died

verb
To speak in a quick and confused way, producing short, unclear noises because of surprise, anger, etc.
Usage examples:
[ + speech ] "but, er ... when, um, ... how?" he spluttered., the old gentleman was spluttering wit…

All meanings and translations of Splutter

stammer

verb
Speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
Usage examples:
He turned red and started stammering

noun
A tendency to stammer.
Usage examples:
As a young man, he had a dreadful stammer

verb
To speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds; stutter
Usage examples:
[ i ] he stammers when he is nervous., robert has a slight stammer which was much worse when he was…

All meanings and translations of Stammer

stumble

verb
Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.
Usage examples:
Her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled

noun
An act of stumbling.
Usage examples:
He broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an alpine pass

verb
Miss a step and fall or nearly fall

All meanings and translations of Stumble

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