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Stammering

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stam·mer  (stmr)
v. stam·mered, stam·mer·ing, stam·mers
v.intr.
To speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
v.tr.
To utter with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
n.
A way of speaking characterized by involuntary pauses or repetitions.
[Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian.]
stammer·er n.
stammer·ing·ly adv.


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Notes of melodious laughter bubbled, in my mind's ear, through all the drawling and stammering of our speech-making members.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"Dear Brothers," he began, blushing and stammering, with a written speech in his hand, "it is not sufficient to observe our mysteries in the seclusion of our lodge- we must act- act
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
His voice broken, it seemed, into an infinite multitude of unfamiliar sounds, went babbling and stammering away into the distant reaches of the forest, died into silence, and all was as before.
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