What part of speech is stuttering?

Stuttering can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. stuttering is a verb, gerund of stutter (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does stuttering mean?

Definitions

Adjective

stuttering - That stutters.
stuttering - Hesitant.

Verb

stutter - speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

Noun

stuttering - A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
stuttering - An instance of stuttering.

Examples of stuttering

#   Sentence  
1. verb I still remember him stuttering about "the General," unable to remember Musharraf's name.
2. verb Tom is stuttering.
3. verb I am stuttering.
4. verb Why are you stuttering?
5. verb Mennad started stuttering.
6. verb He's stuttering.
7. verb One time, a cop pulled me over, and he thought I was drunk because I was stuttering.
8. verb Even though the police didn't want to hurt Tom, he was still scared at them and couldn't help nervously stuttering.
9. verb When someone is stuttering, don't finish their sentences for them. Let them finish it.
10. verb When did Tom start stuttering?
11. verb Tom has started stuttering again.
Sentence  
verb
I still remember him stuttering about "the General," unable to remember Musharraf's name.
Tom is stuttering.
I am stuttering.
Why are you stuttering?
Mennad started stuttering.
He's stuttering.
One time, a cop pulled me over, and he thought I was drunk because I was stuttering.
Even though the police didn't want to hurt Tom, he was still scared at them and couldn't help nervously stuttering.
When someone is stuttering, don't finish their sentences for them. Let them finish it.
When did Tom start stuttering?
Tom has started stuttering again.

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