Associations to the word «Stuttering»

Wiktionary

STUTTERING, noun. A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
STUTTERING, noun. An instance of stuttering.
STUTTERING, verb. Present participle of stutter
STUTTERING, adjective. That stutters.
STUTTERING, adjective. (figuratively) Hesitant.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats