stuttering

stuttering

English

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

Derived terms

• covert stuttering

Translations

a speech disorder

Catalan: quequesa (ca) f, disfèmia f Danish: stammen c French: bégaiement (fr) m Italian: disfemia f Japanese: 吃音症 (kitsuonshou)

Navajo: ałtʼaʼndziih Portuguese: disfemia (pt) f, gagueira f Russian: заикание (ru) (zaikanije) Spanish: disfemia (es) f

instance of stuttering

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Czech: koktání n French: bégaiement (fr) m

Serbo-Croatian: mucanje (sh) Swedish: stamning

Verb

stuttering

1. present participle of stutter

Adjective

stuttering (comparative more stuttering, superlative most stuttering)

1. That stutters.
2. (figuratively) Hesitant.
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎:

     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 matches

Derived terms

• stutteringly

Translations

that stutters

Latin: balbus

Scottish Gaelic: mabach

(figuratively) hesitant

Anagrams

• Turing test