How do you pronounce stutter?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstʌtɚ/.

Where does stutter come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

stutter

/ˈstʌtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: stut-ter
IPA: /ˈstʌtɚ/

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Meaning

verb

To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

verb

To expel a gas with difficulty.

Intransitive verb

noun

A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.

noun

One who stutters.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He stuttered a few words of thanks."
"I was stuttering after the marathon."
"The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope."
"1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue."

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stutten, stoten

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstʌtɚ/
British English: /ˈstʌtə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stutters (present, singular) stuttering (participle, present) stuttered (participle, past) stuttered (past) stutters (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudostutter pseudostuttering stutterer stuttery

Phrases

covert stutter interiorized stutter stutter edit stutter gun

Synonyms

hacker stammer stutterer stammerer bumble falter

Rhymes With

butter utter cutter shutter gutter clutter sutter flutter putter what're nutter mutter