stammering

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English

Definitions

verb

To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.“He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.”

noun

The act of one who stammers.“We could not understand his inarticulate stammerings.”

Related words

Synonyms

stutter inarticulate unarticulate stuttering balbutient traulism hesitation pseudostuttering covert stuttering titubancy psellism cluttering splutterer mumbling balbuties nunnation

Associated

stammer bsa cure therapy speech charity association mental programme treatment problem

Rhymes

clamoring hammering gotterdammerung enamoring

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