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(v)
(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
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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.
Confused and hasty speech.
(Scotland, Northern England) A support.
(countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
to flap, like a flag
(obsolete, intransitive) To stammer.
Idle talk; senseless prattle
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
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.
(intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
(countable) A tattletale.
(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
(archaic) Scattered or ejected spittle.
To hiss.
A gush of rapid speech.
(countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
An abortive effort; a flop or dud.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy.
(obsolete) To stammer.
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said.
A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
(transitive) To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold.
To express with the voice, to utter.
(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
(transitive, rare) To cover (someone or something) with spit or spittle, especially from speech.
Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
(derogatory) Foolish or nonsensical talk.
Silly, childish talk; babble.
(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.
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
Confused or unintelligible speech.
A state of wooziness.
A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
Pronunciation spelling of stumbling.
A short, sudden intake of breath.
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.
(of an animal) To vocalize loudly.
(intransitive, rare) To make a flapping noise with the lips.
(countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
To babble.
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
A twanging sound.
(intransitive or transitive, rare) To speak; to say; to utter.
The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.
A repeated swishing action or sound, going back and forth.
A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
A device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances
The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
A surname.
A gurgling sound.
(transitive) To make more noise than, especially in speaking.
A short blow or gust.
(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
(UK, dialect, Somerset) A cube of peat; a spade's depth of digging turf.
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
(anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
(informal, intransitive) To spring or leap with such a sound.
(intransitive) To make a phut or sputtering noise.
(intransitive, informal or UK, dialectal) To talk foolishly; to blather.
A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.
(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
(transitive) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
Gibberish, unintelligible speech.
An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
To surpass in babbling.
(British, Northern dialect) To splutter; to guzzle.
A liquid used for gargling.
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
(countable, chiefly derogatory) An act of crying or weeping freely and noisily.
(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
(phonology) To apply glottalization while articulating another sound.
To be too difficult to speak.
(obsolete) To vociferate.