Stammer
verb
To speak with difficulty, often because of a speech disorder or nervousness.
The boy stammers a little when he is anxious.
Often appears as...
- stammer out words
- stammer in speech
noun
The issue of speaking with difficulty, often repeating or stammering.
He has had a stammer since childhood.
Often appears as...
- have a stammer
- stammer treatment
verb
To speak with difficulty, often because of a speech disorder or nervousness.
The boy stammers a little when he is anxious.
Often appears as...
- stammer out words
- stammer in speech
noun
The issue of speaking with difficulty, often repeating or stammering.
He has had a stammer since childhood.
Often appears as...
- have a stammer
- stammer treatment
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Context
Stammering often implies nervousness or uncertainty, adding emotional depth to a character or situation.
She stammered a reply, clearly flustered by the sudden question.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Disorder
A person might stammer when nervous or caught off-guard, without having a speech disorder.
Caught in the lie, he began to stammer excuses.
Pro Tip 3/3Culture Sensitivity
Be aware that stammer may be a sensitive topic as it involves a speech disorder or anxiety.
He apologized after mocking his friend's stammer.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Context
Stammering often implies nervousness or uncertainty, adding emotional depth to a character or situation.
She stammered a reply, clearly flustered by the sudden question.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Disorder
A person might stammer when nervous or caught off-guard, without having a speech disorder.
Caught in the lie, he began to stammer excuses.
Pro Tip 3/3Culture Sensitivity
Be aware that stammer may be a sensitive topic as it involves a speech disorder or anxiety.
He apologized after mocking his friend's stammer.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Context
Stammering often implies nervousness or uncertainty, adding emotional depth to a character or situation.
She stammered a reply, clearly flustered by the sudden question.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Disorder
A person might stammer when nervous or caught off-guard, without having a speech disorder.
Caught in the lie, he began to stammer excuses.
Pro Tip 3/3Culture Sensitivity
Be aware that stammer may be a sensitive topic as it involves a speech disorder or anxiety.
He apologized after mocking his friend's stammer.
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The revolutionary power...
than what the circumstances allowed me to say. And I did what I usually do in similar I stammered, I shut down, and I stopped talking. I stopped talking because the truth was complicated, even though I knew, deep within,
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"He Saved My Life"...
al-hayat customer a German a stammer will bad and hello
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The revolutionary power...
than what the circumstances allowed me to say. And I did what I usually do in similar I stammered, I shut down, and I stopped talking. I stopped talking because the truth was complicated, even though I knew, deep within,
Video examples
"He Saved My Life"...
al-hayat customer a German a stammer will bad and hello
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Quote examples
Vince Flynn
American Author
I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a paragraph, and skipping ahead to my paragraph and being mortified and trying to read it enough times so that I wouldn't stutter and stammer, getting called on, even in high school.
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Pritam Chakraborty
Indian Musician
I don't like talking unnecessarily, and my communication skills are zilch. I just can't converse with people. Maybe it's because of my stuttering or stammering, but I'm not confident of talking with people. I only talk to very close friends and family.
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Gareth Gates
British Musician
I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
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Ed Balls
British Politician
I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
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John Calvin
French Theologian
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
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Fatima Sana Shaikh
Indian Actress
At one point, I had lost my confidence as an actor, and working again was tough. I started stammering due to lack of confidence. It took time, but things became better.
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Patrick Campbell
Irish Journalist
From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself.
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Ted Morgan
American Writer
The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others, a way of expressing his singularity.
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Ken Venturi
American Athlete
I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.
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John Gregory Dunne
American Novelist
I hate to go on TV. I will start stammering.
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Vince Flynn
American Author
I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a paragraph, and skipping ahead to my paragraph and being mortified and trying to read it enough times so that I wouldn't stutter and stammer, getting called on, even in high school.
Quote examples
Pritam Chakraborty
Indian Musician
I don't like talking unnecessarily, and my communication skills are zilch. I just can't converse with people. Maybe it's because of my stuttering or stammering, but I'm not confident of talking with people. I only talk to very close friends and family.
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Gareth Gates
British Musician
I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
Quote examples
Ed Balls
British Politician
I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
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John Calvin
French Theologian
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
Quote examples
Fatima Sana Shaikh
Indian Actress
At one point, I had lost my confidence as an actor, and working again was tough. I started stammering due to lack of confidence. It took time, but things became better.
Quote examples
Patrick Campbell
Irish Journalist
From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself.
Quote examples
Ted Morgan
American Writer
The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others, a way of expressing his singularity.
Quote examples
Ken Venturi
American Athlete
I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.
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John Gregory Dunne
American Novelist
I hate to go on TV. I will start stammering.
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