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to stutter
01
to speak with involuntary repetitive sounds or interruptions in the flow of speech
Intransitive
Examples
When asked to speak in front of the class, he began to stutter due to nervousness.
02
to make an irregular sequence of short, sharp sounds
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
stutter
3rd person singular
stutters
Past simple
stuttered
Past participle
stuttered
Examples
The old car stuttered as it struggled to start on the cold winter morning.
Stutter
01
a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
stutters
Lexical Tree
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