stammer
verb
[ ˈstamə ]
• speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
• "he turned red and started stammering"
Similar:
stutter,
speak haltingly,
stumble over one's words,
hesitate,
falter,
fumble for words,
pause,
halt,
mumble,
splutter,
stammer
noun
• a tendency to stammer.
• "as a young man, he had a dreadful stammer"
Similar:
stutter,
speech impediment,
speech defect,
Origin:
late Old English stamerian, of West Germanic origin; related to stumble. The noun dates from the late 18th century.
