stammer out
1stammer out — ˌstammer ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stammer out he/she/it stammers out present participle stammering out past tense …
2stammer out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stammer out : present tense I/you/we/they stammer out he/she/it stammers out present participle stammering out past tense stammered out past participle stammered out to say something while stammering The boy… …
3stammer — stam|mer1 [ stæmər ] verb intransitive or transitive to keep repeating a sound and have difficulty in saying certain words because of a speech problem, nervousness, excitement, etc.: Nina, blushing with embarrassment, began to stammer. ,stammer… …
4stammer — I UK [ˈstæmə(r)] / US [ˈstæmər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms stammer : present tense I/you/we/they stammer he/she/it stammers present participle stammering past tense stammered past participle stammered to keep repeating a sound and… …
5stammer — /ˈstæmə / (say stamuh) verb (i) 1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds. –verb (t) Also, stammer out. 2. to say with a stammer. –noun 3. a stammering mode of utterance. 4. a stammered… …
6Stammer — Stam mer (st[a^]m m[ e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stammered} ( m[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stammering}.] [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal[=o]n, stamm[=e]n, Dan. stamme …
7Stammer — Stam mer (st[a^]m m[ e]r), v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; sometimes with out. [1913 Webster] …
8stammer — stammerer, n. stammeringly, adv. /stam euhr/, v.i. 1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds. v.t. 2. to say with a stammer (often fol. by out). n. 3. a stammering mode of utterance. 4. a …
9stammer — stam|mer1 [ˈstæmə US ər] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: stamerian] to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc = ↑stutter ▪ Whenever he was angry he… …
10stammer — v. & n. v. 1 intr. speak (habitually, or on occasion from embarrassment etc.) with halting articulation, esp. with pauses or rapid repetitions of the same syllable. 2 tr. (often foll. by out) utter (words) in this way (stammered out an excuse). n …
