stutters
USSTUT-urz/ˈstʌtɚz/UKSTUT-uhz/ˈstʌtəz/
- 1Third-person singular present of stutter. Use this form with he, she, or it.
He stutters badly when he feels put on the spot.
The old engine stutters and then dies in cold weather.
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- 2Plural of stutter. Use this form when talking about more than one.
He had small stutters in his speech when he felt scared.
The new microphone picked up tiny stutters in her voice.
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stutters is a form of stutter
stutter, verb: To repeat sounds or parts of words by mistake when you try to speak. Full entry
- Forms
- stutterstutters he/she/itstuttering -ing formstuttered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- stutter → stutters: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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