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stammer
What does stammer mean?
stammer (verb): speak haltingly.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use stammer in a sentence?
- He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce stammer?
/ˈstæmɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does stammer come from?
From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “stammer” mean?
empty of liquid
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speak haltingly
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grow vigorously
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form or compose
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