26984 words

stuttering

3 definitions • 3 examples
1
happening in a way that is not regular, for example by being sometimes good and sometimes bad, or sometimes moving or changing and sometimes not :

Examples:

Stuttering (= sometimes good and sometimes bad) productivity figures over the last two years have made the industry unattractive to investors.
2
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Examples:

Jason's stuttering voice sounded louder than he liked, and he generally refrained from speaking in class.
3
the act of saying something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing or repeating a sound several times:

Examples:

During the 1970s and 1980s, rival theories about what causes stuttering came into vogue.

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