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stuttered - definition and meaning
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verb Simple past tense and past participle of stutter .
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After the First World War, however, Arthur Sabin, one of the curators, began to focus on items that would interest children -- and the museum kind of stuttered on like this until the 1970s, when Roy Strong, director of the V&A, decided to officially dedicate the museum to childhood.
Culture Maxine 2009
If you're wondering why this is, the New York Times says that it is because "street scenes can open up in flashes between stopped cars, creating a kind of stuttered approximation of film:"
Warming the Cockles: Living, Breathing, Shopping BikeSnobNYC 2010
` ` He kind of stuttered and then he said: 'You were underneath him.'
USATODAY.com 2007
My boss just kind of stuttered on the other end and changed the subject.
Friday frustration Sherrianne 2007
My boss just kind of stuttered on the other end and changed the subject.
Archive 2007-05-01 Sherrianne 2007
Sutton described what happened next: "He kind of stuttered and said, 'Well, I guess, if you really want me to.'"
USATODAY.com - U.S. flames out on big stage, again 2004
"We kind of stuttered and didn't finish drives like we wanted to," said sophomore running back
chicagotribune.com - News 2011
"We kind of stuttered and didn't finish drives like we wanted to," said sophomore running back
chicagotribune.com - News 2011
One moment everything is relatively smooth, but as soon the frame rate drops, the eye sees the change as a "stuttered " motion.
High-Def Digest: HD DVD Disc News 2009
One moment everything is relatively smooth, but as soon the frame rate drops, the eye sees the change as a "stuttered " motion.
High-Def Digest: HD DVD Disc News 2009
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