Meanings
present singular third person stutters · participle present stuttering · participle past stuttered · past stuttered
- intransitiveTo expel a gas with difficulty.
I was stuttering after the marathon.
1 more example
The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishstutten, stoten“stutter”
- Englishstutter
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque hitz-moteltasun
- hitz-moteltasunspeech disorder
Bulgarian зае́кване, пелтечене
- зае́кване (zaékvane)speech disorder
- пелтечене (peltečene)speech disorder
Catalan quequeig
- quequeigspeech disorder
Chinese Mandarin 口吃
- 口吃 (kǒuchī)speech disorder
Czech koktání
- koktáníspeech disorder
Dutch stotteren
- stotterenspeech disorder
Esperanto balbutado
- balbutadospeech disorder
Finnish änkytys
- änkytysspeech disorder
French bégaiement
- bégaiementspeech disorder
German Stottern
- Stotternspeech disorder
Greek τραύλισμα
- τραύλισμα (trávlisma)speech disorder
Hebrew גמגום
- גמגום (gimgum)speech disorder
Hindi हकलाहट, हकलापन
- हकलाहट (haklāhaṭ)speech disorder
- हकलापन (haklāpan)speech disorder
- कंठभंग (kaṇṭhbhaṅg)speech disorder
Hungarian dadogás
- dadogásspeech disorder
Indonesian gagap
- gagapspeech disorder
Irish maolteanga
- maolteangaspeech disorder
Italian balbuzie
- balbuziespeech disorder
Japanese 吃り
- 吃り (domori)speech disorder
Korean 더듬기
- 더듬기 (deodeumgi)speech disorder
Latvian stostīšanās
- stostīšanāsspeech disorder
Lithuanian mikčiojimas
- mikčiojimasspeech disorder
Polish jąkanie
- jąkaniespeech disorder
Portuguese gagueira
- gagueiraspeech disorder
Romanian bâlbâire
- bâlbâirespeech disorder
Russian заика́ние
- заика́ние (zaikánije)speech disorder
Slovak zajakavosť, koktanie
- zajakavosťspeech disorder
- koktaniespeech disorder
Spanish tartamudeo
- tartamudeospeech disorder
Swedish stamning
- stamningspeech disorder
Turkish kekeleme, kekemelik
- kekelemespeech disorder
- kekemelikspeech disorder
Ukrainian заїкання
- заїкання (zajikannja)speech disorder
Welsh atal dweud
- atal dweudspeech disorder
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stutter
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Cite this entry
stutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stutter
“stutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stutter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stutter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stutter.
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