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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Trembling,  stuttering,  calling  for  his  confessor. 
  --Macaulay. 




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