as in to stammer
to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions
I used to stutter when I was a child. She stutters when she gets excited.
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Recent Examples of stutter
But the overwhelming perception for the past two years has been that Watkins is in the ascendency and Rashford is stuttering.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Even once Tonali had restored Newcastle’s advantage, the home side still stuttered to victory.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Marsden stuttered as Gonzalez put a hand to her heart.
—EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Even once Tonali had restored Newcastle’s advantage, the home side still stuttered to victory.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Marsden stuttered as Gonzalez put a hand to her heart.
—EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter
Verb
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Joe stammers a non-answer because his prose has turned more erotic than thriller thanks to his growing obsession with her.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Can only stammer back something about ulcers and panic attacks and nightmares.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
28 June 2024
Verb
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There’s nothing wrong with ogling a juicy rack of ribs or drooling over a hunk of brisket slowly smoking over hot coals.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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In the painting Meaningless, 2003, for example, the words meaningless, senseless, and irrelevant eventually give way to blather, blabber, babble, then to drivel and drool, and, finally, to blah-blah-blah.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Hutchinson had no final statement, according to the Associated Press, and appeared to mumble to himself as the procedure began.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Hutchinson had no last statement but appeared to be mumbling to himself as the procedure started just before 8 p.m.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Shoppers drag pushcarts through dozens of fruit and vegetable stalls as vendors shout prices on loop, in a rhythm.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Passengers allegedly held onto the ride’s safety bars and shouted for help as many reported feeling dizzy, dehydrated, and increasingly panicked as the minutes turned into hours.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Inside a Mexico City shopping mall, fans began shrieking.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Cate Blanchett is relatively subdued as Cinderella’s wicked stepmother, with her shrieking stepsisters picking up most of the slack.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Another plan that would have replaced LAPD officers with unarmed transportation workers on traffic stops sputtered amid debates around jurisdiction and funding.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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As the Knicks ran out of gas and sputtered, Nesmith kept his foot on the pedal.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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“Stutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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