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stammer

sta mer

  • n  a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
  • v  speak haltingly

  • And when he tries to explain himself, he is seized with a stammer which still further alarms the lady.
  • Asked what in the world his boss could be referring to, Zhirinovsky's top deputy back in Moscow could only stammer: "Elipton .
  • The Marquess of Salisbury, 78, the Tory blueblood whose high-pitched stammer echoed through British Parliament for more than four decades; of fibrosis of the lung; in .
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  • Kyffin Williams in WalesOnline
    Sir Kyffin, who died of cancer in 2006 aged 88, wrote: "When he spoke his voice had the resonance of a great actor or an archbishop." "It was unfortunate that he had a terrible stammer but curiously it was only to be heard when he spoke in...
  • Martin St Louis in CTV Olympics
    We're just seeing a young kid right now that's really showing what he can do,St. Louis said. "Vinny is trying to get his game going. Stammer is playing with a lot of confidence right now; Vinny has done that before. When you get that...
  • Noel Coward in Telegraph.co.uk
    Noel Coward said she used to "faff and stammer all over the place".

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