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stammer

To stammer is to stutter or to speak with involuntary pauses and often where the first sound of each word is repeated. (verb)

When you are feeling really shy and intimidated and you can't get words out and so you say "I th... th... th... think," this is an example of a time when you stammer.

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See stammer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See stammer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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