stammer
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
to say with a stammer (often followed by out).
a stammering mode of utterance.
a stammered utterance.
Origin of stammer
1synonym study For stammer
Other words for stammer
Other words from stammer
- stam·mer·er, noun
- stam·mer·ing·ly, adverb
- un·stam·mer·ing, adjective
- un·stam·mer·ing·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with stammer
- stammer , stutter (see synonym study at the current entry)
Words Nearby stammer
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How to use stammer in a sentence
Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Laven attended regular social events and in-person meetings which provided frequent opportunities to speak and helped provide the necessary practice for his stammer.
That’s the reality for Will Laven, an operations executive for Publicis Media, who has a stammer that has become accentuated as a direct result of the enforced remote working thrust on most industries in the last nine months.
That all warms up my stammer ready for when I have a meeting or a catch up with my team.
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.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHe becomes quiet and less boisterous only to stammer out some idle talk and some nonsense.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreThere was nothing in the question to make me blush and stammer, yet I did both.
The Rose of Old St. Louis | Mary DillonWe 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.
Heidi | Johanna SpyriHe began to stammer out something like gentleness, and something like reproof.
British Dictionary definitions for stammer
/ (ˈstæmə) /
to speak or say (something) in a hesitant way, esp as a result of a speech disorder or through fear, stress, etc
a speech disorder characterized by involuntary repetitions and hesitations
Origin of stammer
1Derived forms of stammer
- stammerer, noun
- stammering, noun, adjective
- stammeringly, adverb
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