Stammer [verb]
Definition of Stammer:
stutter in speech
Synonyms of Stammer:
● Sputter
● Wobble
● Hesitate
● Repeat
● Halt
● Hammer
● Stop
● Lurch
● Stumble
● Pause
● Falter
● Jabber
● Splutter
Sentence/Example of Stammer:
But the wish to laugh had returned, and made her stammer, interrupting her at each word.
He backed, and began to stammer an apology; but she did not wait to hear a word of it.
He was alone, beside himself, with livid face and scarce able to stammer.
The best he could do was to stammer a hope that she would not be obliged to sell the house.
Her "guess" was so close to the truth that I could only stammer and hesitate.
"Really, Mrs. Vibert, I am overwhelmed," I managed to stammer.
I had to stammer out a most lamentable confession of my ignorance.
I dare say it was the look I gave him that made him stammer.
“But,” he said, “but—but—” The extraordinary nature of the idea made him stammer.
"Nothing—that is—Emily was talking of—" began the abashed wife, with a stammer.