fits and starts

*fits and starts

with irregular movement; with much stopping and starting. (*Typically: by ~; in ~; with ~.) Somehow, they got the job done in fits and starts. By fits and starts, the old car finally got us to town.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joon-Ho	joon-ho	Korean
Luca (1)	LOO-kah (Italian)	Italian, Romanian, German
Samuele	sah-MWE-le	Italian
Cilla	SIL-lah (Swedish), SI-lah (Dutch)	Swedish, Dutch
Jaqueline	JAK-ə-leen (English), JAK-ə-lin (English)	English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
JennÝ	-	Icelandic