as in stammers
to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions
I used to stutter when I was a child. She stutters when she gets excited.
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Recent Examples of stutters
What worked fine at home suddenly stutters and stalls on the road.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
Bill stutters an affirmative response that captures every man who has held out irrational hope that a woman will return to him.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
Surprising melodic choices ride a chameleonic song structure that stutters and shrieks, bounces and raves with a fresh mix of Big Beat, UKG, breakbeats, and electro-pop sounds.
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Kat Bein,
SPIN,
21 May 2026
My heart and probably yours stutters.
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Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
It's got 8GB RAM, which ensures multitasking never stutters, and its 13-inch Liquid Retina display is just exquisite to look at.
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PC Magazine,
22 Nov. 2025
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
Bill stutters an affirmative response that captures every man who has held out irrational hope that a woman will return to him.
—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
Surprising melodic choices ride a chameleonic song structure that stutters and shrieks, bounces and raves with a fresh mix of Big Beat, UKG, breakbeats, and electro-pop sounds.
—
Kat Bein,
SPIN,
21 May 2026
My heart and probably yours stutters.
—
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
It's got 8GB RAM, which ensures multitasking never stutters, and its 13-inch Liquid Retina display is just exquisite to look at.
—
PC Magazine,
22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutters
Verb
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The fountain stammers and falls, motion-activated, playing to the crowd.
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Valentina tells Carol, who then stammers over her own words.
Verb
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If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
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Sirens, horns, and shouts to evacuate rang out in the West Bottoms and along Southwest Boulevard all morning, but the speed of the flooding still caught everyone off guard.
Verb
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Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.
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Meanwhile, everyone is still running around like the Keystone Kops chasing Billie, passing an old lady in a bed eating Jell-O who mumbles something in Diné.
Verb
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But for ordinary Americans, for those of us without fame, wealth, or connections, the machinery of justice often sputters.
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This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.
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Back in the car, Albert moans and groans while Billie shrieks in panic.
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“Stutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutters. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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