stuttering
adjective
[ ˈstʌtərɪŋ ]
• spoken with or characterized by a stutter.
• "his slow stuttering speech"
• progressing in a hesitant or irregular way.
• "her film career got off to a stuttering start"
stuttering
noun
• the action or fact of speaking with a stutter.
• "there is little support for the claim that stuttering is associated with anxiety"
stutter
verb
• talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.
• "the child was stuttering in fright"
Similar:
stammer,
stumble,
speak haltingly,
falter,
speak falteringly,
flounder,
hesitate,
pause,
halt,
blunder,
splutter,
fluff one's lines,
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen ‘strike against’.
