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Stutter   /stˈətər/   Listen
noun
Stutter  n.  
1.
The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
2.
One who stutters; a stammerer. (Obs.)



verb
Stutter  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. stuttered; pres. part. stuttering)  To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer. "Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor."






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... size, and big-bellied, but he was well and strongly knit. His hair was yellow or sandy; his face red, which got him the name of Rufus; his forehead flat; his eyes were spotted, and appeared of different colours; he was apt to stutter in speaking, especially when he was angry; he was vigorous and active, and very hardy to endure fatigues, which he owed to a good constitution of health, and the frequent exercise of hunting; in his dress he affected gaiety and expense, which having been ...
— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. • Jonathan Swift

... a boy in my class who used to stutter. The teacher said it was because he thought so far ahead of what he said he got all tangled up." The boy reached in his basket for a handful of berries and chewed them thoughtfully. "She was always after him to talk slower, but I guess it didn't do ...
— The Stutterer • R.R. Merliss

... his characters stutter soon," said Millaud. "We had better pay him by the line." Of course this is a story faite a plaisir, as is also the one that as soon as Dumas made his first contract by the line, enchanted with the arrangement, he invented dear old Grimaud, who only opened his mouth to utter "yes," "no," ...
— The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 • Various

... throughout the proceedings. Manchester was represented by Mr. W. R. Callender (Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee), and by Messrs. Pooley, J. H. Clarke, T. Briggs, Rev. Geo. Huntington, Rev. W. Whitelegge, Messrs. Armstrong, Stutter, Neild, Crowther, Stenhouse, Parker, Hough, W. Potter, Bromley, etc. Mr. Mortimer Collins, the Secretary of the Association, was also present. The districts were severally represented by the following gentlemen: Stockport—Messrs. Constantine and Leigh; Rochdale—Mr. ...
— Great Britain and the American Civil War • Ephraim Douglass Adams

... (particularly the young medium) may become panic-stricken by the thought that "perhaps this is merely the result of my own imagination or fancy, instead of spirit power," and the result will be that he will begin to halt and stumble, stammer and stutter, instead of allowing the message to flow through him uninterrupted. This is particularly true when the message is of the nature of a test of identity, and where the vocal organs of the medium are being employed in the manifestation. It occurs far more frequently than the public suppose, that ...
— Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers • Bhakta Vishita


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