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)
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How to use stammer in a sentence
He was followed by another who had a keen sense of the ludicrous, and who was withal an inveterate stammerer.
Library Notes | A. P. Russell"B--b--beautiful city," interposed the stammerer, eager to join our conversation, whenever he could catch a word of it.
In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford EdwardsThe next year he died, leaving one son, Ludwig the Stammerer, to succeed him.
A History of Germany | Bayard TaylorA memorable reverse of fortune was displayed in Michael the Second, who from a defect in his speech was surnamed the Stammerer.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonIt stops and hesitates, and blurts out its notes like a stammerer; but when they do come they are marvelously clear and pure.
Fresh Fields | John Burroughs
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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