stuttering

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Noun

stuttering (plural stutterings)

1. 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.
2. An instance of stuttering.

Synonyms

• stammering

Translations

• French: bégaiement
• German: Stottern
• Italian: disfemia
• Portuguese: disfemia, gagueira
• Russian: заикание
• Spanish: disfemia

Verb

1. present participle of stutter#English|stutter

Adjective

stuttering

1. That stutters.
2. (figuratively) Hesitant.

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