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Definition of stammer verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

stammer

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈstæmər//
 
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they stammer
 
he / she / it stammers
 
past simple stammered
 
-ing form stammering
 
 
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to speak with difficulty, repeating sounds or words and often stopping, before saying things correctly synonym stutter Many children stammer but grow out of it. + speech “W-w-what?” he stammered. stammer something (out) She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker.
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