stammers
Trips over words
Stammers is the verb stammer in the third person singular, describing speech marked by involuntary pauses and repetitions of sounds.
Someone who stammers struggles to get words out smoothly: He stammers when nervous.
A stammer differs from a stutter mainly in regional preference—British English favors stammer, American English stutter.
As a noun, stammers are instances of such halting speech.
Involuntary speech disfluency
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- repetitionAct of redoing
- blocksObstructs or sections
- prolongationAct of extending duration
Treatment for communication disorders
- dysfluencyDisrupted speech pattern
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- articulationClear vocal expression
- clutteringDisorganizing with excess items
communication disorder · speech pathology · vocalization · pronunciation · phonation · neurogenic · psychogenic
State of anxious unease
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
shyness · fear · awkwardness · blushing · mortification · discomfort · stage fright · timidity
stuttering
Involuntary speech disfluency
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- repetitionAct of redoing
- blocksObstructs or sections
prolongation · faltering · halting · stumbling · um · uh · er · ah · pause · interruption
speech therapy
Treatment for communication disorders
- dysfluencyDisrupted speech pattern
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- articulationClear vocal expression
cluttering · communication disorder · speech pathology · vocalization · pronunciation · phonation · neurogenic · psychogenic
nervousness
State of anxious unease
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
flustered · shyness · fear · awkwardness · blushing · mortification · discomfort · stage fright · timidity · unease
stammersflows
Moves in a current
enunciates · orates · declaims · holds forth · chatters
stammerseloquent speech
Articulate, powerful discourse
proclaims · declares · announces · asserts · holds forth
stammer, stammering, stammered, stammerer, stammerings, stammerers