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BNC: 16868 COCA: 14314

stammer

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stammer /ˈstæmɚ/ verb
stammers; stammered; stammering
stammer
/ˈstæmɚ/
verb
stammers; stammered; stammering
Learner's definition of STAMMER
: to speak with many pauses and repetitions because you have a speech problem or because you are very nervous, frightened, etc.口吃;结结巴巴地说
[no object]
[+ object]

— stammer

noun [singular]

— stammerer

/ˈstæmɚrɚ/ noun, plural stammerers [count]
BNC: 16868 COCA: 14314

stammer

verb

stam·​mer ˈsta-mər How to pronounce stammer (audio)
stammered; stammering ˈsta-mə-riŋ How to pronounce stammer (audio)
ˈstam-riŋ

intransitive verb

: to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter

transitive verb

: to utter with involuntary stops or repetitions
stammer noun
stammerer noun

Example Sentences

“I d-don't know what you're talking about!” she stammered. He stammered an excuse and fled.
Recent Examples on the Web What seemed episodic in 2017 now comes across as a taut dramatic arc, the text sometimes stylized — characters tend to stammer repetitions of key lines — but the storytelling clear, lean and always supported by the agile music. New York Times, 15 May 2022 Sure, the weaker part of me will hustle along and stammer out apologies on arrival. James Parker, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2022 But their exit plan goes awry, leaving the guests, in an extremely awkward confrontation, to stammer through a vague explanation of all the little things that have felt wrong since their arrival. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2022 After the initial stammered responses, someone said that would be impossible because grades are a service that universities provide to society. Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Quartz India, 6 May 2020 Coldplay has become a band defined by polish, but viewers here got quite the opposite: Martin in a fisherman’s sweater and beanie, fragile-seeming and stammering nervously into the camera. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2020 Bloomberg acted wounded, stammering when challenged. Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2020 Shortly after the afternoon newscast, competing points of views on what Morris said while stammering during the newscast hit social media. Stephanie Toone, ajc, 27 Jan. 2020 Barry Yeoman, a man with a lifelong stutter, suggests that while society mostly views a stutter as a disability, stammering really isn’t the problem at all. Krista Stevens, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian; akin to Old High German stamalōn to stammer, Old Norse stemma to hinder, damn up — more at stem

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of stammer was before the 12th century
BNC: 16868 COCA: 14314
stammer

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + STAMMER ADJECTIVEbad, nervous, severe嚴重口吃;緊張性口吃slight輕微口吃VERB + STAMMERdevelop (BrE) 成結巴have, speak with (BrE) 有口吃;講話口吃

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