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Meanings of stutter in English

Portuguese
gaguejar
Catalan
quequejar
Spanish
balbucear

To have problems articulating the words, repeting sometimes some syllables.

gaguejar
Portuguese
gagueira
Catalan
quequeig

A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds.

gagueira
Synonyms
Examples for "hesitate"
Examples for "hesitate"
1
If you need any help or advice, please don't hesitate to ask.
Act of will
2
Yet I hesitate to call it an animal, for several fundamental reasons.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
3
If your travel plans are disrupted, don't hesitate to ask for help.
The South African
4
Mr Gollschewski said police would not hesitate to send wrongdoers to court.
News.com.au
5
While that may sound obvious, brokerages often hesitate to talk to regulators.
Reuters
1
Dealers believe further gains are possible unless the major overseas markets falter.
The Irish Times
2
U.S. payrolls data last week fed concerns that U.S. demand could falter.
Reuters
3
Meeting that yellow-eyed gaze required effort, yet she managed without a falter.
Knife of dreams
4
The economy could falter if the central bank continues to raise rates.
Reuters
5
But Monday's figures highlighted the risk that the economy may falter again.
Reuters
1
Rusty patched bumble bee proposed for U.S. endangered species status The U.S.
Reuters
2
A bumble-bee alighted and strolled on the crown of his Panama hat.
Five Tales
3
When my godson grows up, he wants to be a bumble bee.
The Irish Times
4
Children, have you ever seen a wild bees' nest- arealbumble-bees 'home
Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories
5
Bees, bumble bees, and even wasps were the victims of his strange voracity.
The Irish Times
Usage of stutter in English
1
A few minutes later Kin heard the machine's roar stutter and stop.
Strata
2
They stutter and hesitate, fail to be understood, fail to speak out.
The Guardian
3
It had been a dozen years since I had heard the stutter.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Kuze continued with his explanation, the electronic buzz making the words stutter.
Ghost in the Shell
5
The Nazi war machine was at last beginning to stutter and misfire.
Operation mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled th...
6
The pulsing of the glass ring was beginning to stutter and slow.
Swan Song
7
Considered I was like Lamb-onthe strength of the stutter, I believe.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
8
The money-makers do not stumble and stick and stutter when they talk.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure
9
George, if you control your stutter, I'd be glad to have you.
The Shining
10
Then the shooter stutter-stepped to the villa, followed by a second man.
The increment: a novel
11
Rita's observation was so unexpected I couldn't even stutter for a minute.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
12
The Secretary-forhe it was-produceda memorandum-book, and began with a stutter:
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
13
A brusque question caused him to stutter to the point of suffocation.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
14
Maybe some of the support can be a touch archetypal, I stutter.
The Guardian
15
There was something eerily familiar about Jay Z's stutter in that video.
Ebony
16
None of the people who did not stutter had the genetic mutations.
Reuters
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Translations for stutter
Spanish
balbucear
Stutter through the time
Stutter across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common