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- [stuht-er]
- /ˈstʌt ər/
- /ˈstʌt.ər/
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- [stuht-er]
- /ˈstʌt ər/
Definitions of stutter word
- noun stutter distorted speech characterized principally by blocks or spasms interrupting the rhythm. 1
- intransitive verb stutter talk with stutter 1
- transitive verb stutter say with stutter 1
- noun stutter speech disorder 1
- noun stutter stuttering sound 1
- countable noun stutter If someone has a stutter, they find it difficult to say the first sound of a word, and so they often hesitate or repeat it two or three times. 0
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Origin of stutter
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; earlier stut (Middle English stutten to stutter) + -er6; compare Dutch stotteren, Middle Low German stotern in same sense
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Stutter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stutter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stutter usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stutter
verb stutter
- dithering — a trembling; vibration.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lisp — a high-level programming language that processes data in the form of lists: widely used in artificial intelligence applications.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
Top questions with stutter
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- what is a stutter?
- how to get rid of a stutter?
- why do streaming videos stutter?
- how to stutter step sc2?
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