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Definition of stutter noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stutter

noun
 
/ˈstʌtə(r)/
 
/ˈstʌtər/
[singular]
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  1. a speech problem in which a person finds it difficult to say the first sound of a word and repeats it several times
    • He had a terrible stutter.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bad
    • severe
    • slight
    verb + stutter
    • have
    • speak with
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen ‘strike against’.
See stutter in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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