Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive)To support, prop up.

    When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.

  2. (obsolete)To stutter.

Origin

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”)

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).

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Forms

stuts, stutting, stutted, stutted
Base formstut · to stut
3rd person singularstuts
Present participlestutting
Past simplestutted
Past participlestutted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystut
he, she, itstuts

Past simpleLesson

all personsstutted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stutted
he, she, ithas stutted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stut

Word family

1 related words
Relatedatstut

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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