intr. & tr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.
To speak or utter with a spasmodic repetition or prolongation of sounds.
n.
The act or habit of stuttering.
[Frequentative of dialectal stut, from Middle English stutten.]
stutterer stut'ter·er n.stutteringly stut'ter·ing·ly adv.
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