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stutter

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stutter [′stəd·ər]
(communications)
Series of undesired black and white lines sometimes produced when a facsimile signal undergoes a sharp amplitude change.
(medicine)
A speech disorder marked by repetition of words, syllables, or sounds, or by hesitations in manner by the speaker.
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Here, Dag Daughtry broke down from inability to express the concepts fluttering in his beer-excited, beer-sodden brain, and, with a stutter or two, made a fresh start.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
A brusque question caused him to stutter to the point of suffocation.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
"Plain question - plain answer," we heard him stutter.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
 
 
 
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