stuttering
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.
Stuttering \Stut"ter*ing\, a.
Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. -- {Stut"ter*ing*ly},
adv.
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.
Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
--Macaulay.
- Today, a lot of children across America struggle with problems. With a little help from a good school or a great teacher, today's stuttering child could be tomorrow's keynote speaker _ today's potential dropout could become tomorrow's Thomas Edison.
- After a stuttering start, Exxon pressed thousands of workers into the cleanup.
- Mr. Love's stuttering landed him in what he calls "dead end" jobs after he retired from professional sports.
- No one then dreamed that King Edward VIII would abdicate in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, and that his younger brother, bashful, stuttering Albert, would become King George VI.
- He would not comment on Lehmkuhl's stuttering.
- They live in a Gothic mansion, complete with a mysterious housekeeper and her polite, stuttering son.
- "Things were flawed, there was a kind of tragic scratch across everything." Much of "Dead Languages" has a humorous tone, and the book gave Shields the chance to express a healthier outlook on stuttering than he was capable of in his own life.