Meanings
nounstuttering (plural stutterings)
plural stutterings
- A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
- An instance of stuttering.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stutter
adjectivestuttering (comparative more stuttering, superlative most stuttering)
comparative more stuttering · superlative most stuttering
- That stutters.
- figurativelyHesitant.
Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic تَأْتَأَة, تَمْتَمَة
- تَأْتَأَة (taʔtaʔa)a speech disorder
- تَمْتَمَة (tamtama)a speech disorder
Bulgarian заекване, пелтечене
- заекване (zaekvane)a speech disorder
- пелтечене (peltečene)a speech disorder
- заекващ (zaekvašt)that stutters
- пелтечещ (peltečešt)that stutters
- колеблив (kolebliv)(figuratively) hesitant
Catalan quequesa, disfèmia
- quequesaa speech disorder
- disfèmiaa speech disorder
Danish stammen
- stammena speech disorder
French bégaiement
- bégaiementa speech disorder
German Stottern
- Stotterna speech disorder
Hindi बड़बड़ा
- बड़बड़ा (baṛabṛā)a speech disorder
Hungarian dadogás
- dadogása speech disorder
Italian disfemia
- disfemiaa speech disorder
Japanese 吃音, 吃音症
- 吃音 (kitsuon)a speech disorder
- 吃音症 (kitsuonshō)a speech disorder
- 吃り (domori)a speech disorder
Latin balbus
- balbusthat stutters
Polish jąkanie
- jąkaniea speech disorder
Portuguese disfemia, gagueira
- disfemiaa speech disorder
- gagueiraa speech disorder
Russian заикание
- заикание (zaikanije)a speech disorder
Scottish Gaelic mabach
- mabachthat stutters
Slovak zajakávanie, koktanie
- zajakávaniea speech disorder
- koktaniea speech disorder
Spanish disfemia, tartamudeo
- disfemiaa speech disorder
- tartamudeoa speech disorder
- titubeo(figuratively) hesitant
Tagalog nauutal
- nauutala speech disorder
Turkish kekeleme
- kekelemea speech disorder
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APA
stuttering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stuttering
MLA
“stuttering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stuttering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stuttering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stuttering.
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