stammerer

/'stæmərə/

Thân thiện

A young boy who is a stammerer practices speaking with a patient teacher.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions: A stammerer is someone who has a speech disorder characterized by disruptions in the flow of speech, such as repeating sounds, syllables, or words, or experiencing blocks where no sound comes out.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The speech therapist worked patiently with the young stammerer.
  • He was a lifelong stammerer, but it never stopped him from sharing his ideas.

Advanced Usage

• "A chronic stammerer": This phrase emphasizes that the person has stuttered for a long time or throughout their life.
  • Despite being a chronic stammerer, he became a successful motivational speaker.

Variants and Related Words

• Stammer (verb): To speak with involuntary pauses and repetitions.
  • He would often stammer when he was nervous.
• Stammer (noun): An instance or the condition of stammering.
  • He spoke with a slight stammer.
• Stammering (noun): The act or condition of stammering; stuttering.
  • Stammering is a common speech fluency disorder.

Synonyms

• Stutterer: A person who stutters. (Note: "Stammer" and "stutter" are often used interchangeably, though "stutter" is more common in American English.)
• Person with a speech disfluency: A more clinical or descriptive term.

Related Phrases

• To have a stammer: This is a common way to describe the condition.
  • She has had a stammer since childhood.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stutterer