stuttering
US /ˈstʌt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/
UK /ˈstʌt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/
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tergagap-gagap
happening in a way that is not regular, for example by being sometimes good and sometimes bad, or sometimes moving or changing and sometimes not :
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Stuttering (= sometimes good and sometimes bad) productivity figures over the last two years have made the industry unattractive to investors.
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tergagap-gagap
the act of saying something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing or repeating a sound several times:
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During the 1970s and 1980s, rival theories about what causes stuttering came into vogue.