stutter
stut|ter /st'ʌtər/ (stutters stuttering stuttered)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
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.
He spoke with a pronounced stutter.
= stammer
2 [VERB] V
If someone stutters, they have difficulty speaking because they find it hard to say the first sound of a word.
I was trembling so hard, I thought I would stutter when I spoke.
= stammer
● stuttering [N-UNCOUNT]
He had to stop talking because if he'd kept on, the stuttering would have started.
3 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If something stutters along, it progresses slowly and unevenly.
The old truck stuttered along the winding road...
The political debate stutters on.
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
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.
He spoke with a pronounced stutter.
= stammer
2 [VERB] V
If someone stutters, they have difficulty speaking because they find it hard to say the first sound of a word.
I was trembling so hard, I thought I would stutter when I spoke.
= stammer
● stuttering [N-UNCOUNT]
He had to stop talking because if he'd kept on, the stuttering would have started.
3 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If something stutters along, it progresses slowly and unevenly.
The old truck stuttered along the winding road...
The political debate stutters on.