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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
stammers, stammering, stammered |
| definition: |
to speak haltingly and with unintended repetitions of sounds.
He stammered through his first speech to the legislature.- synonyms:
- stutter
- similar words:
- falter, halt, hesitate, splutter, sputter, stumble
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| related words: |
mumble |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to utter haltingly and with unintended repetition of sounds (often fol. by "out").
She stammered out her words.- synonyms:
- stutter
- similar words:
- splutter, sputter
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| related words: |
gabble, mumble |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a stammering manner of speech, or an instance of speaking thus.
I speak with a stammer if I'm very nervous.- synonyms:
- stutter
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| definition 2: |
that which is stammered.
- synonyms:
- stutter
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| related words: |
falter, impediment, mumble |
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| derivations: |
stammeringly (adv.), stammerer (n.) |
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