stut´ter|ing|ly

stut´ter|ing|ly
stut|ter «STUHT uhr», verb, noun.
–v.i., v.t.
1. to repeat (the same sound) in an effort to speak, as a result of nervous spasms or of a speech impediment. Example: C-c-c-c-can't th-th-th-they c-c-c-come? SYNONYM(S): See syn. under stammer. (Cf.stammer)
2. to make any sound resembling this: »

Figurative. the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle (Wilfred Owen).

–n.
the act, habit, or sound of stuttering.
[frequentative form of Middle English stutten stutter. Compare Dutch stotteren.]
stut´ter|er, noun.
stut´ter|ing|ly, adverb.

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  • stut´ter|er — stut|ter «STUHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to repeat (the same sound) in an effort to speak, as a result of nervous spasms or of a speech impediment. Example: C c c c can t th th th they c c c come? SYNONYM(S): See syn. under stammer. (Cf.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • stut|ter — «STUHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to repeat (the same sound) in an effort to speak, as a result of nervous spasms or of a speech impediment. Example: C c c c can t th th th they c c c come? SYNONYM(S): See syn. under stammer. (Cf. ↑stammer) …   Useful english dictionary

  • stut — stut; stut·ter·ing·ly; stut·ter; stut·ter·er; …   English syllables

  • ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… …   English syllables

  • stutteringly — stut·ter·ing·ly …   English syllables

  • ly — ly·so·genesis; ly·so·genetic; Ly·sol; ly·so·lecithin; ly·so·zyme; ly·syl; ly·thra·ce·ae; ly·thra·les; ly·thrum; mach·i·a·vel·li·an·ly; ma·chine·ly; mac·ro·ceph·a·ly; mad·ly; mag·i·cal·ly; mag·is·te·ri·al·ly; mag·is·tral·ly; mag·net·i·cal·ly;… …   English syllables

  • Stuttering — Stut ter*ing, a. Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. {Stut ter*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stutteringly — Stuttering Stut ter*ing, a. Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. {Stut ter*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stuttering — A phonatory or articulatory disorder, characteristically beginning in childhood, with intense anxiety about the efficiency of oral communications, and characterized by dysfluency: hesitations, repetitions, and prolongations of sounds and… …   Medical dictionary

  • Stuttering — Stut ter*ing, n. The act of one who stutters; restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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