(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone has a ~, they find it difficult to say the first sound of a word, and so they often hesitate or repeat it two or three times.
He spoke with a pronounced ~.
= stammer
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If someone ~s, they have difficulty speaking because they find it hard to say the first sound of a word.
I was trembling so hard, I thought I would ~ when I spoke.
= stammer
VERB: V
~ing
He had to stop talking because if he’d kept on, the ~ing would have started.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If something ~s along, it progresses slowly and unevenly.
The old truck ~ed along the winding road...
The political debate ~s on.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv