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stammer
[ stam-er ]
stammer
/ ˈstæmə /
verb
- to speak or say (something) in a hesitant way, esp as a result of a speech disorder or through fear, stress, etc
noun
- a speech disorder characterized by involuntary repetitions and hesitations
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Derived Forms
- ˈstammerer, noun
- ˈstammering, nounadjective
- ˈstammeringly, adverb
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Other Words From
- stam·mer·er noun
- stam·mer·ing·ly adverb
- un·stam·mer·ing adjective
- un·stam·mer·ing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stammer1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
All she could stammer, however, was, “It would be an honor.”
As an adult, I have heard people affecting a stammer or a stutter.
This was the unhappy and astonishing birth of my stammer or at least my first gripping self-conscious awareness of it.
But I also had an index in the back of my diary that explained that famul meant stutter of stammer.
Malcolm was hardly able to stammer his acceptance of the appointment thus offered, but the General had no time for useless talk.
He becomes quiet and less boisterous only to stammer out some idle talk and some nonsense.
There was nothing in the question to make me blush and stammer, yet I did both.
We must pass over Peter as usual, or will you try again once more—I will not say to read, but to stammer through a sentence.
He began to stammer out something like gentleness, and something like reproof.
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