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Meanings of stammer in inglês

português
gaguejar
catalão
quequejar
espanhol
balbucear

To have problems articulating the words, repeting sometimes some syllables.

gaguejar
português
gagueira
catalão
quequeig

A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds.

gagueira
Sinônimos
Examples for "stutter"
Examples for "stutter"
1
A few minutes later Kin heard the machine's roar stutter and stop.
Strata
2
They stutter and hesitate, fail to be understood, fail to speak out.
The Guardian
3
It had been a dozen years since I had heard the stutter.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Kuze continued with his explanation, the electronic buzz making the words stutter.
Ghost in the Shell
5
The Nazi war machine was at last beginning to stutter and misfire.
Operation mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled th...
Usage of stammer in inglês
1
Tells about visiting Maugham at his villa, conversation; his stammer.... View Article
The new yorker
2
She started to stammer an apology but he held up a hand.
The irish devil
3
His tongue was parched; it was difficult to stammer out a word.
Cobwebs and Cables
4
I started to stammer as I often do when I am nervous.
Julian
5
He had begun to stammer in the last sentence, suddenly self-conscious again.
Captivity
6
He tried to speak; but he could not stammer out a word.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
7
The young Maugham turned inward, developed a stammer, and fled to books.
The Guardian
8
Our youngest child has developed a stammer since he went to school.
The Irish Times
9
I started to stammer out an explanation but he waved it aside.
The Name of the Wind
10
It makes it much less likely that I will stammer and block.
The Guardian
11
Men only stammer of it in such words as Eternity, Fate, God.
Gone to Earth
12
He tried to stammer out excuses and get away from the table.
Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 7 / Being se...
13
He did not loose the chicken and endeavour to stammer an apology.
"Contemptible", by "Casualty"
14
He tried to stammer something, but his voice died in his throat.
The Loudwater Mystery
15
It all seemed confusion, and at last she could only stammer out:
Susan / A Story for Children
16
He raised his hand as the Rajput began to stammer an apology.
Rung Ho! A Novel
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Translations for stammer
espanhol
balbucear
Stammer through the time
Stammer across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common