stammer
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
bad, nervous, severe | slight
VERB + STAMMER
develop | have, speak with
Definitions
verb
To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
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
The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
She said goodbye in a stammer.
A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer
name
A surname from German.
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6He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.
WiktionaryThe 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 reme
WiktionaryShe said goodbye in a stammer.
WiktionaryThe new boy had a nervous stammer.
Tatoeba · #43500When I tried to speak to her, I always found myself too shy to do more than stammer or say something stupid.
Tatoeba · #308940Don't stammer!
Tatoeba · #1357265