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Stuttering (gcide) | 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.
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Stuttering (gcide) | Stuttering \Stut"ter*ing\, a.
Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. -- Stut"ter*ing*ly,
adv.
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Stuttering (gcide) | Stutter \Stut"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Stuttered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Stuttering.] [Freq. of stut, OE. stoten; probably
of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G.
stottern, D. stooten to push, to strike; akin to G. stossen,
Icel. stauta, Sw. st["o]ta, Dan. st["o]de, Goth. stautan, L.
tundere, Skr. tud to thrust. Cf. Contuse, Obtuse.]
To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with
spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
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Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
--Macaulay.
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