Collocations for "stutter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stutter" in context.
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stutter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- stutter in front of [girls, the class, the crowd]
- stuttered out [the answer, the secret, an idea]
- stuttered [nervously, shamefully, embarrassingly]
- stutter in [Spanish, French, Japanese]
- stutter when [nervous, excited]
- the [gun, machine gun] stuttered
- the machine stuttered to life
- has a stutter
- has had a stutter her [whole, entire] life
- was making fun of his stutter
- trying to [improve, eliminate, overcome] her stutter
- has a [serious, minor] stutter
- the explosive stutter of a [gun, machine gun]