a tendency to stutter while speaking:‘She’s p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter
a series of short, sharp sounds produced by a machine or gun:a machine gun shattered the quiet with its explosive stutter
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talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants:the child was stuttering in fright
[reporting verb] say something with difficulty, repeating the initial consonants of words: [with object]:he shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema [with direct speech]:‘W-what’s happened?’ she stuttered
(of a machine or gun) produce a series of short, sharp sounds:she flinched as a machine gun stuttered nearby
(often as adjective stuttering) progress in an irregular way:the stuttering economy
