noun
Meaning 1
A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stammer
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stutter
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈstʌtɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstʌtə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S T AH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who stutters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hacker, stammer
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To expel a gas with difficulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I was stuttering after the marathon.
- The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stammer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech disorder, speech defect, defect of speech
verb
Meaning 6
speak haltingly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bumble, stammer, falter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
History
Etymology
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: belbëzimi — speech disorder
- Aragonese: tartameca — speech disorder
- Armenian: կակազում (kakazum) — speech disorder
- Asturian: tartayu — speech disorder
- Asturian: tatexu — speech disorder
- Basque: hitz-moteltasun — speech disorder
- Bulgarian: зае́кване (zaékvane) — speech disorder
- Bulgarian: пелтечене (peltečene) — speech disorder
- Catalan: quequeig — speech disorder
- Chinese Mandarin: 口吃 (kǒuchī) — speech disorder
- Czech: koktání — speech disorder
- Dutch: stotteren — speech disorder
- Esperanto: balbutado — speech disorder
- Finnish: änkytys — speech disorder
- French: bégaiement — speech disorder
- Friulian: balbuzie — speech disorder
- Galician: tartamudez — speech disorder
- German: Stottern — speech disorder
- Greek: τραύλισμα (trávlisma) — speech disorder
- Hebrew: גמגום (gimgum) — speech disorder
- Hindi: हकलाहट (haklāhaṭ) — speech disorder
- Hindi: हकलापन (haklāpan) — speech disorder
- Hindi: कंठभंग (kaṇṭhbhaṅg) — speech disorder
- Hungarian: dadogás — speech disorder
- Ido: stotero — speech disorder
- Indonesian: gagap — speech disorder
- Interlingua: balbutiamento — speech disorder
- Irish: maolteanga — speech disorder
- Italian: balbuzie — speech disorder
- Japanese: 吃り (domori) — speech disorder
- Kapampangan: kakak — speech disorder
- Karelian: eketys — speech disorder
- Kazakh: кекештік (kekeştık) — speech disorder
- Korean: 더듬기 (deodeumgi) — speech disorder
- Latvian: stostīšanās — speech disorder
- Lithuanian: mikčiojimas — speech disorder
- Manchu: ᡥᡝᠯᡝᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ (heledembi) — speech disorder
- Navajo: ałtʼaʼndziih — speech disorder
- Polish: jąkanie — speech disorder
- Portuguese: gagueira — speech disorder
- Romanian: bâlbâire — speech disorder
- Romansh: balbegiar — speech disorder
- Russian: заика́ние (zaikánije) — speech disorder
- Sanskrit: कण्ठभङ्ग (kaṇṭhabhaṅga) — speech disorder
- Sardinian: achichiadura — speech disorder
- Serbo-Croatian: муцање — speech disorder
- Serbo-Croatian: mucanje — speech disorder
- Slovak: zajakavosť — speech disorder
- Slovak: koktanie — speech disorder
- Lower Sorbian: jěkotanje — speech disorder
- Lower Sorbian: zajěkotanje — speech disorder
- Spanish: tartamudeo — speech disorder
- Swedish: stamning — speech disorder
- Turkish: kekeleme — speech disorder
- Turkish: kekemelik — speech disorder
- Ukrainian: заїкання (zajikannja) — speech disorder
- Welsh: atal dweud — speech disorder
- Zazaki: kekezey — speech disorder