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Stutter

To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Falter 74% connected

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Falter 74% connected

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hesitation 74% connected

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hesitation 74% connected

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Bumble 92% connected

The bittern.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Falter 92% connected

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stammer 92% connected

To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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