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(v)
(ambitransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
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To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
(n)
Misspelling of stutter. [A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.]
(intransitive) To produce deliberate stuttering speech, sometimes used as part of therapy to control a stutter.
(Scotland) A state of perplexity.
(Scotland, Northern England) A support.
to flap, like a flag
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
(obsolete, intransitive) To stammer.
Confused and hasty speech.
(countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
(obsolete) To stammer.
Pronunciation spelling of stumbling.
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
Idle talk; senseless prattle
To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said.
The act or a habit of lisping.
(intransitive, of an engine, motor, etc.) To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off.
Pronunciation spelling of staggering.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
(informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
A repeated swishing action or sound, going back and forth.
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
(transitive) To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold.
(intransitive, rare) To make a flapping noise with the lips.
(obsolete) To talk continuously without stop.
A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
A surname.
A gurgling sound.
Blather; foolish talk.
(countable) A tattletale.
Pronunciation spelling of stomping.
Pronunciation spelling of stopping.
An abortive effort; a flop or dud.
A liquid used for gargling.
Nonsense; senseless talk.
To hiss.
A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
To be too difficult to speak.
A gush of rapid speech.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal, sometimes reflexive) To talk about; discuss; tell; count; give an account (of).
(countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.
(intransitive) To murmur back or again.
(obsolete) A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.
The act or noise of yammering.
(phonology) To apply glottalization while articulating another sound.
(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
Silly, childish talk; babble.
A twanging sound.
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
The sound of such a blow; a thud.
To babble.
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
(intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
(transitive) To make more noise than, especially in speaking.
(derogatory) Foolish or nonsensical talk.
(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.
(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.
Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
(intransitive, informal or UK, dialectal) To talk foolishly; to blather.
(countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
Confused or unintelligible speech.
Pronunciation spelling of sticking.
(dialectal) A cough.
British and Canada standard spelling of clamor. [A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.]
Alternative form of reverberate. [(transitive) To cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or more surfaces; to re-echo.]
(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
(informal) A usually wet sucking or slurping sound.
Pronunciation spelling of stirring.
(intransitive, idiomatic) to jabber; to gabble; to ramble
An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood or the keys of a mechanical keyboard.
A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.
The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
(UK, dialect, Somerset) A cube of peat; a spade's depth of digging turf.
(archaic) Scattered or ejected spittle.
(archaic, intransitive) To murmur or mutter.
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
(countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
(rare) To hum or buzz.
(intransitive, archaic) To make a quacking sound.
Hoarseness.