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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds;
[syn: stammer, stutter]


VERB (1)

1. speak haltingly;
- Example: "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
[syn: bumble, stutter, stammer, falter]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stutter \Stut"ter\, n. 1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering. [1913 Webster] 2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stutter n 1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds [syn: stammer, stutter] v 1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter, stammer, falter]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "stutter": balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer, palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble, stuttering, traulism