stuttering
noun
stut·ter·ing
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Definition of stuttering
: a disorder of vocal communication marked by involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by abnormal repetition, prolongation, or stoppage of vocal sounds) : disfluency
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Chelsea got their pre-season campaign off to a somewhat underwhelming start on Wednesday evening, stuttering to a 1-1 draw with Bohemians. — SI.com, "St. Patrick's Athletic vs Chelsea Preview: Where to Watch, Live Stream, Kick Off Time & Team News," 12 July 2019 Photo: Bloomberg Sterling took a fresh battering this week as the stuttering Brexit process ground to a halt and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May resigned. — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, "Theresa May’s Political Demise Is Noise for Investors," 24 May 2019 From stuttering to jaguars Rabinowitz grew up in New York with a severe stutter. — Steve Winter, National Geographic, "The struggle to protect a vital jaguar corridor," 21 Aug. 2019 The Italian national team has suffered in recent years, stuttering and spluttering through every tournament since reaching the Euro 2012 final. — SI.com, "6 Italian Youngsters Who Could Set Serie A Alight in 2019/20," 28 July 2019 LW - Raheem Sterling: After a somewhat stuttering start to life at Manchester City, Euro 2016 was probably Sterling's last great nadir. — SI.com, "England 1-2 Iceland: Looking at Where Every Player from Both XIs of That Historic Game Is Now," 27 June 2019 In more than 40 posts so far, players have detailed a wide range of experiences, including struggles with motivation or stuttering, financial hardships and misdiagnosed injuries. — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, "Tennis Travails, Not Triumphs, Gain a Spotlight in an Instagram Series," 25 June 2019 Global stocks were mixed Wednesday, as concerns about global growth and trade, as well as the U.K.’s stuttering effort to depart the European Union, continued to weigh on investors’ moods. — Donato Paolo Mancini, WSJ, "Global Stocks Pause Ahead of ECB Meeting, Fed Minutes," 10 Apr. 2019 The stuttering economy has increased pressure on Beijing to resolve the trade fight with Washington, something both sides made progress on this week, in order to remove an uncertainty for investors. — WSJ, "China’s Sluggish Prices Raise Deflation Fears," 10 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stuttering.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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