Definition of "stutter"

stutter

/ˈstʌtɚ/

verb
third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered
1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
2. (intransitive) To expel a gas with difficulty.
noun
plural stutters
1. A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
2. (obsolete) One who stutters.
  Quotations
  And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
  1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103