stutter
noun/ˈstʌtə(r)/
/ˈstʌtər/
[singular]- 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
- …
- have
- speak with
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen ‘strike against’.Definitions on the go
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