: to have a speech problem that causes you to repeat the beginning sound of some words [no obj] ▪ I used to stutter when I was a child. ▪ She stutters when she gets excited. [+ obj] ▪ He stuttered [=stammered] something that I didn't understand.
— stuttering noun [noncount]
▪ He had speech therapy for his stuttering.
▪ He had speech therapy for his stuttering.





