different between stutter vs stut

English

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?st???/
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Verb

stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

   He stuttered a few words of thanks.

2. (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty

   The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.

Synonyms

• (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer

Translations

Noun

stutter (plural stutters)

1. A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.

   Synonym: stammer

2. (obsolete) One who stutters.

   Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer

   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,^[1]

     And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Truetts, tutters

English

Etymology 1

Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish støtta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

Alternative forms

• steet, stutt stuit, stoot, stout

Verb

stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (Scotland, Northern England, transitive) To support, prop up.

Noun

stut (plural stuts)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A support.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• An historical dictionary

Etymology 2

From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjan? (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).

Verb

stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (obsolete) To stutter.

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Anagrams

• Utts, tuts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t/

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stuter, definite plural stutene)

1. a bull

   Synonyms: okse, tyr

   Coordinate term: ku

References

• “stut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sutt, tust

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stutar, definite plural stutane)

1. a bull

   Synonyms: okse, tyr

   Coordinate term: ku

References

• “stut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sutt, tust

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Norwegian stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t/

Noun

stut c

1. bull

Declension

Synonyms

• oxe

References

• stut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tuts