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/ˈstʌtɚ/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds..
He stuttered a few words of thanks.
I was stuttering after the marathon.
The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
Use stutter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stutter means (ambitransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds..
Common synonyms include hacker, stammer, stutterer, stammerer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He stuttered a few words of thanks.
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