to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness :
[ + speech ] "Wh-when can we g-go?" she stammered.
He dialled 999 and stammered (out) his name and address.
to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness :
[ + speech ] "Wh-when can we g-go?" she stammered.
He dialled 999 and stammered (out) his name and address.
a speech problem in which someone speaks with unusual pauses or repeated sounds :
Robert has a slight stammer.
Speech lessons had corrected a childhood stammer.
the act of saying something with unusual paused or repeated sounds because of fear or nervousness:
Although he said he felt calm, there was a slight stammer in his voice.
She was a gangly girl of 15, all stammers and blushes.
to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds; stutter:
[ I ] He stammers when he is nervous.