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
Yochanan	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hizkiah	-	Biblical
Maleah	-	English (Modern)
DİLay	-	Turkish
Keala	-	Hawaiian
Audubon	['ɔ:dəbən]