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/ˈstæmə/ · verb
(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech..
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.
She said goodbye in a stammer.
Use stammer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stammer means (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech..
Common synonyms include balbucinate, balbutiate, croak, drawl.
Possible antonyms include annunciate, articulate.
He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.
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