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stammer
Meaning: to speak with repeated sounds or sudden pauses
stammer in a sentence
How stammer is used in real sentences:
Nervous about the presentation, Theo stammered through his first sentence.
Ruby stammered when the teacher unexpectedly asked her to explain the answer.
““I-I c-can't,” he began to stammer, and his face grew red.”
— from the passage The Hall Comes Alive
Synonyms for stammer
Other words for stammer — stutter, falter and stumble — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of stammer
Words that mean the opposite of stammer:
- speak fluently
- speak smoothly
Where it comes from
From Old English stamerian 'to stumble in speech'
Memory hook
STA-STA-starting a word can sound like a STAMMER.