单词 | stotter |
释义 | stotterv. Scottish and northern. intransitive. To stumble, stagger; to walk hesitatingly or staggeringly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily wiggle?c1225 walter1399 falterc1400 stammerc1400 dotterc1475 stavera1500 stumblea1500 reel1529 scamblec1571 halper1596 totter1602 folder1607 wamble1611 to make a Virginia fence1671 wandle1686 fribble1709 rock1718 stoit1719 stoiter1724 swagger1724 doddle1761 stotter1781 toit1786 doiter1793 stot1801 dodder1819 twaddle1823 teeter1844 shoggle1884 welter1884 warple1887 whemmel1895 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 97 Stoter, or stotre, to stumble. 1785 Bran New Wark l. 365 She stottered, she fell. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. viii. 327 I stuttered up to No. 4 yesterday arter the funeral. 1875 G. Jacque Hope 194 And age took up its staff and stuttered out, To see what all the hubbub was about. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xi. 123 I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈstotter ˈstotter n. a ball that bounces or rebounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > ball by movement stotter1896 sucker1931 1896 W. Park Game of Golf 52 They should be good ‘stotters’—that is to say, when dropped on a flagstone or pavement they should rebound with a clear, hard click. < v.1781 as lemmas |
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