stuttered; stuttering; stutters
1
: to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)
2
: to move or act in a halting or spasmodic manner
The truck stuttered through traffic …—
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: to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter
1
: an act or instance of stuttering
2
: the habitual tendency to stutter
had a mild stutter
: stuttering
Examples of stutter in a Sentence
Verb
I used to stutter when I was a child.
She stutters when she gets excited.
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Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
While speaking to local news outlet ABC 6, Lando's mother, Michelle, said her family hopes sharing his experience on social media will help increase awareness about stuttering among the general population.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Speaking gently and with a stutter, Edwin said the family had moved to a Dallas suburb in 2023, after gang members started threatening them.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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Verb
The only real problem was stuttering and occasionally lengthy hangs over the first 10 hours of gameplay, as shaders decompiled.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
While speaking to local news outlet ABC 6, Lando's mother, Michelle, said her family hopes sharing his experience on social media will help increase awareness about stuttering among the general population.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Noun
There were occasionally stutters, but nothing major.
—Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Speaking gently and with a stutter, Edwin said the family had moved to a Dallas suburb in 2023, after gang members started threatening them.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stutter. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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stutter
1 of 2 intransitive verb
stut·ter
ˈstət-ər 
: to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)
: to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter
stutter
2 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of stuttering
2
: the habitual tendency to stutter
had a mild stutter
: stuttering sense 2
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