Stammer

noun

/ˈstæmə/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounThe involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

2.verbTo keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

3.verbTo utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

"He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology."

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