Stammer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstæmə/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Stammer is a verb meaning (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
Meaning
(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
- The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
- A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer
Example Sentences
She said goodbye in a stammer.
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.
Word Forms
- stammers
- stammering
- stammered
Synonyms for stammer
Depending on context, synonyms include balbucinate, balbutiate, croak, drawl, falter, gibber.
Antonyms for stammer
Common opposites include annunciate, articulate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stutter, falter, studder, pseudostutter, habble, stut.
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