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  1. 1. v. i. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. speak haltingly Source: wordnet
  6. 6. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter. I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. Shak. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter. Source: webster
  7. 7. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; tohesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty;to stutter.I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concleadman out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle,either too much at once, or none at all. Shak. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:8/v:92 n. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds Source: ecdict

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