stuttering

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Noun

stuttering (plural stutterings)

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.
An instance of stuttering.

Synonyms

stammering

Derived terms

Translations

a speech disorder — see also stammering,‎ stammer,‎ stutter

Arabic:
Gulf Arabic: تَأْتَأَة f
Armenian: կակազություն (hy) (kakazutʻyun)
Catalan: quequesa (ca) f, disfèmia f
Danish: stammen c
French: bégaiement (fr) m
German: Stottern (de) n
Hindi: बड़बड़ा (baṛabṛā)
Hungarian: dadogás (hu)
Italian: disfemia f
Japanese: 吃音 (ja) (きつおん, kitsuon), 吃音症 (きつおんしょう, kitsuonshō), 吃り (ja) (どもり, domori)
Marathi: तोतरेपणा (totrepṇā)
Navajo: ałtʼaʼndziih
Portuguese: disfemia (pt) f, gagueira f
Russian: заикание (ru) (zaikanije)
Slovak: zajakávanie n, koktanie n
Spanish: disfemia (es) f, tartamudeo (es) m
Tagalog: nauutal
Turkish: kekeleme (tr)

instance of stuttering

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Czech: koktání n
French: bégaiement (fr) m
Serbo-Croatian: mucanje (sh)
Swedish: stamning

Verb

stuttering

present participle and gerund of stutter

Adjective

stuttering (comparative more stuttering, superlative most stuttering)

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

Armenian: կակազ (hy) (kakaz)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (stamms)
Latin: balbus
Scottish Gaelic: mabach

(figuratively) hesitant

Spanish: titubeo (es)

Anagrams

Turing test