stutter

stutter is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive/intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive/intransitive verb. To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
2. noun. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
3. noun. One who stutters; a stammerer.
4. noun. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

   Synonyms: stammer

5. verb. speak haltingly

   "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

   Synonyms: bumble, falter, stammer

Synonyms

stammer, bumble, falter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stutter:

tutster

Common word forms

stutters, stuttered, stutterer, stuttering

Words from these letters

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