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stuttering

stuttering noun: 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. Also the present participle and gerund of stutter.

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.

Adjective

stuttering (comparative more stuttering, superlative most stuttering)

  1. That stutters.
  2. (figuratively) Hesitant.
    • Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC

Also used as

stuttering is also the present participle and gerund of stutter.

stuttering meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Tagalog

stuttering in Hindi

a speech disorder
बड़बड़ा baṛabṛā

stuttering in Tamil

திக்குமுக்காட்டுதல், திக்குமுக்காடுதல்

stuttering in Marathi

a speech disorder
तोतरेपणा totrepṇā

stuttering in Tagalog

a speech disorder
nauutal
More languagesFewer languages
stuttering in Arabic
تَأْتَأَة taʔtaʔa, تَمْتَمَة tamtama

Examples of stuttering in a sentence

  • I was stuttering after the marathon.
  • Another mistaken impression is that covert stuttering is just a mild form of stuttering.
  • Covert stuttering is characterized by accessory features such as word substitutions, interjections, and stopping.

All 11 example sentences with stuttering

Synonyms of stuttering

Forms of stuttering

Noun
pluralstutterings
Adjective
comparativemore stuttering
superlativemost stuttering

Words formed from stuttering

Phrases with stuttering

Questions about stuttering

What does stuttering mean?
Stuttering means 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.
What is stuttering in Hindi?
Stuttering in Hindi is बड़बड़ा (baṛabṛā). See Stuttering meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is stuttering?
Stuttering can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of stuttering?
The plural of stuttering is stutterings.

Words near stuttering in the dictionary

  1. stuttered
  2. stutterer
  3. stutterers
  4. stutterier
  5. stutteriest
  6. stuttering
  7. stutteringly
  8. stutterings
  9. stutters
  10. stuttery
  11. Stuttgard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stuttering (page history and authors); stuttering (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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