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(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech. / (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

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stammer

Source Word

stammer

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈstæmə/

Verb

intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

話す際に、無意識に特定の音や言葉を繰り返すこと / どもりながら、ためらいがちに発声すること

During the interview, he began to stammer and struggled to finish his answers.

面接中、彼はどもり始め、答えを言い終えるのに苦労した。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.

stammers

（ present singular third-person ）

stammering

（ participle present ）

stammered

（ participle past ）

stammered

（ past ）