as in to stammer
to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions
I used to stutter when I was a child. She stutters when she gets excited.
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Recent Examples of stutter
But performances have stuttered over the past couple of weeks.
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Growing up as a person who stutters really forced me to become comfortable being uncomfortable.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
With his hand on his forehead and a shocked smile on his face, Goins stuttered.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Nabers gained immediate separation by stuttering his release before exploding down the left sideline.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Growing up as a person who stutters really forced me to become comfortable being uncomfortable.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
With his hand on his forehead and a shocked smile on his face, Goins stuttered.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Nabers gained immediate separation by stuttering his release before exploding down the left sideline.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter
Verb
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The paramedics stammered, thinking they were being scolded for being too close.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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After stammering for a moment, Boone raised his hands.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
24 July 2024
Verb
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There’s a reason scouts once drooled over Williams’ potential.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Symptoms from scorpion stings — such as burning at the sting site, drooling.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Mia, unfortunately, has never been receptive to any of that in her time on the show and defaults to tears and mumbled half-apologies only when cornered.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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Secular humanists are content to mumble something about the imagination.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Meghan talked about struggling with toxic press coverage while Harry described how his older brother, Prince William, shouted at him.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
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The new inmates were then forced to kneel while prison guards shaved their hair and shouted commands.—
Michael Rios,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The guests shriek at the sight of the half-naked captain and even more at Wihan’s lap-dance performance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2025
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The latest New York news Image A war inside a Manhattan co-op: Noise complaints over shrieking parrots at an apartment building in Gramercy Park led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship.—
James Barron,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The stakes are higher when a would-be forever sputters out.—
Ryan Leas,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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Arizona, which sputtered early but has rolled through the Big 12, received a No. 3 seed from the committee and was the No. 12 overall seed.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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