1 to have difficulty speaking because you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first sound of some words several times
SYNSTAMMER:
[Vspeech] 'W-w-what?' he stuttered. * [VN] I managed to stutter a reply. [also V]
2 [V] (of a vehicle or an engine) to move or start with difficulty, making short sharp noises or movements:
The car stuttered along in first gear.
noun [sing.] a speech problem in which a person finds it difficult to say the first sound of a word and repeats it several times:
He had a terrible stutter.
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