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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