stutter

🇺🇸 /ˈstʌtər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈstʌtə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to speak with repeated sounds or words

When he was nervous, he started to stutter.

R

to move with abrupt, irregular movements

The engine stuttered before it stopped.

noun
R

a speech disorder where sounds or words are repeated

His stutter made it hard for him to communicate.

translation

v. to speak with repeated sounds or words; to move with abrupt, irregular movements
n. a speech disorder where sounds or words are repeated

Word Forms

3rd Present stutters
Progressive stuttering
Past stuttered
Perfect stuttered
Plural stutters