STUTTER

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer. Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor. Macaulay.

2.
n.

The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.

3.
n.

One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] Bacon.


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