stammer

UK /ˈstæmə/ US /ˈstæmɚ/
verb 2noun 2name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

2

To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.

The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them.

noun

1

The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

She said goodbye in a stammer.

2

A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

name

1

A surname from German.

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