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stammerstam‧mer1 /ˈstæmə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]   stammer1Origin: Old English stamerian VERB TABLEstammer |
| Present | I, you, we, they | stammer | | he, she, it | stammers | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stammered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stammered | | he, she, it | has stammered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stammered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stammer | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stammered |
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| Present | I | am stammering | | he, she, it | is stammering | | you, we, they | are stammering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was stammering | | you, we, they | were stammering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stammering | | he, she, it | has been stammering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stammering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stammering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stammering |
- Patterson often stammered during speeches.
- Benjamin stammered out an apologetic request - how he would appreciate it if no one else was told about our visit.
- Forgive me, he stammered, if I press when I should not.
- Labour voices have been stammering to oblige.
- Now, she stammered in his presence, gone the blustery Trudy her girlfriends knew.
different ways of saying something► whisper to say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your full voice: · ‘Don’t wake the baby,’ Jenny whispered. ► mumble to say something quietly without pronouncing the words clearly: · He mumbled his thanks. ► mutter to say something quietly, especially when you are annoyed but do not want someone to hear you complaining: · ‘This is ridiculous,’ he muttered under his breath.· She muttered something about having to go home early. ► murmur to say something in a soft slow gentle voice: · She stroked his hair and murmured, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll be all right.’ ► growl to say something in a low angry voice: · ‘As I was saying,’ Lewis growled, ‘it needs to be finished today.’ ► snarl to say something in a nasty angry way: · ‘Get out of my way!’ he snarled. ► exclaim to say something suddenly and loudly: · ‘How beautiful!’ she exclaimed. ► blurt out to suddenly say something without thinking, especially something embarrassing or secret: · It was partly nervousness that had made him blurt out the question. ► stammer/stutter to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous or excited: · ‘I’ll, I’ll only be a m-moment,’ he stammered. to speak unclearly► stammer/stutter to speak with difficulty because you cannot stop yourself repeating the first sound in some words, usually several times: · Savio was a shy man who stuttered when he was nervous.· "I d-d-don't know,'' he stammered.· Most kids who stammer eventually grow out of it. ► mumble to speak quietly and not at all clearly, so that it is difficult for people to understand you: · Don't mumble -- I can't hear what you're saying.· An old man sat on the curb, mumbling and laughing to himself.mumble about: · He looked embarrassed, and mumbled something about being sorry. ► slur to speak unclearly, without separating your words or sounds correctly, usually because you are tired or have been drinking alcohol: · After just a couple of drinks, she starts to slur.slur your words: · When Lionel is tired he tends to slur his words. ► lisp to speak unclearly because you have difficulty pronouncing "s' sounds: · As a child she used to lisp.· "What time ith it?'' he lisped. to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc SYN stutter:  Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly. Ben stammered out an apology.► see thesaurus at say—stammerer noun [countable] |