stammer
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of stammer
Synonyms for stammer
Related Words for stammer
sputter, wobble, hesitate, repeat, halt, hammer, stop, lurch, stumble, pause, falter, jabber, splutterExamples from the Web for stammer
Contemporary Examples of stammer
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.
Historical Examples of stammer
But the wish to laugh had returned, and made her stammer, interrupting her at each word.
The DreamEmile Zola
He backed, and began to stammer an apology; but she did not wait to hear a word of it.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
He was alone, beside himself, with livid face and scarce able to stammer.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
The best he could do was to stammer a hope that she would not be obliged to sell the house.
Galusha the MagnificentJoseph C. Lincoln
Her "guess" was so close to the truth that I could only stammer and hesitate.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln