When a vehicle isn’t running smoothly and the engine seems to stop for a second, then keep going, you might say it __________________.
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| SPUTTERS | 6 |
| COUGHS | 4 |
| HESITATES | 2 |
| MISFIRES | 2 |
| IS MISSING | 1 |
| NEEDS A NEW ENGINE | 1 |
| SKIPS | 1 |
| SOUNDS A LITTLE ROUGH | 1 |
| STUMBLES | 1 |
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