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stammer

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstammerstam‧mer1 /ˈstæmə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] SPEAK A LANGUAGEto speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc SYN stutter Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly. Ben stammered out an apology.► see thesaurus at say —stammerer noun [countable]→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusstammer• Patterson often stammered during speeches.• Forgive me, he stammered, if I press when I should not.• Now, she stammered in his presence, gone the blustery Trudy her girlfriends knew.• Benjamin stammered out an apologetic request - how he would appreciate it if no one else was told about our visit.• Labour voices have been stammering to oblige.Related topics: Illness & disability stammerstammer2 noun [countable usually singular] MISPEAK A LANGUAGEa speech problem which makes someone speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds SYN stutter Jeff spoke with a slight stammer.Examples from the Corpusstammer• Rivers was a shy, reticent man hampered by a stammer.• He had even developed the beginnings of a stammer.• It went back to her childhood when she had been teased by her schoolmates about her stammer.• "G-g-get up, " she said with a slight stammer.• The stammer fitted Marlowe's embarrassment and Bernard got a very good press.• Speech therapy teaches people different techniques enabling them to control their stammer and help them in conversation.Origin stammer1 Old English stamerian
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Verb table
stammer
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they stammer
he, she, it stammers
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they stammered
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have stammered
he, she, it has stammered
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stammered
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stammer
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stammered
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Continuous Form
Present
I am stammering
he, she, it is stammering
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you, we, they are stammering
Past
I, he, she, it was stammering
you, we, they were stammering
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been stammering
he, she, it has been stammering
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stammering
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stammering
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stammering
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