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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer, palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble, stuttering, traulism

Dictionary Results for stutter:

1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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.
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         Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stutter \Stut"ter\, n.
   1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and
      Stuttering.
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   2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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