adj
Meaning 1
That stutters.
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Standard Lemma guide
stuttering
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adj
Meaning 2
Hesitant.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
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noun
Meaning 4
An instance of stuttering.
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of stutter
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կակազ (kakaz) — that stutters
- Bulgarian: заекващ (zaekvašt) — that stutters
- Bulgarian: пелтечещ (peltečešt) — that stutters
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (stamms) — that stutters
- Latin: balbus — that stutters
- Scottish Gaelic: mabach — that stutters
- Bulgarian: колеблив (kolebliv) — (figuratively) hesitant
- Spanish: titubeo — (figuratively) hesitant
- Arabic: تَأْتَأَة (taʔtaʔa) — a speech disorder
- Arabic: تَمْتَمَة (tamtama) — a speech disorder
- Arabic: تَأْتَأَة — a speech disorder
- Armenian: կակազություն (kakazutʻyun) — a speech disorder
- Bulgarian: заекване (zaekvane) — a speech disorder
- Bulgarian: пелтечене (peltečene) — a speech disorder
- Catalan: quequesa — a speech disorder
- Catalan: disfèmia — a speech disorder
- Danish: stammen — a speech disorder
- French: bégaiement — a speech disorder
- German: Stottern — a speech disorder
- Hindi: बड़बड़ा (baṛabṛā) — a speech disorder
- Hungarian: dadogás — a speech disorder
- Italian: disfemia — a speech disorder
- Japanese: 吃音 (kitsuon) — a speech disorder
- Japanese: 吃音症 (kitsuonshō) — a speech disorder
- Japanese: 吃り (domori) — a speech disorder
- Marathi: तोतरेपणा (totrepṇā) — a speech disorder
- Navajo: ałtʼaʼndziih — a speech disorder
- Polish: jąkanie — a speech disorder
- Portuguese: disfemia — a speech disorder
- Portuguese: gagueira — a speech disorder
- Russian: заикание (zaikanije) — a speech disorder
- Slovak: zajakávanie — a speech disorder
- Slovak: koktanie — a speech disorder
- Spanish: disfemia — a speech disorder
- Spanish: tartamudeo — a speech disorder
- Tagalog: nauutal — a speech disorder
- Turkish: kekeleme — a speech disorder