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   stammer

   /ˈstamə/

   verb

   • 1. speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words: "he turned red and started stammering"
   • ▪ say something with difficulty, repeating the initial letters of words and with sudden involuntary pauses: "‘I … I can't,’ Isabel stammered"

   noun

   • 1. a tendency to stammer: "as a young man, he had a dreadful stammer"

   Word Origin late Old Englishstamerian, of West Germanic origin; related to stumble. The noun dates from the late 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stammerer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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