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Stammer

Stammer Meaning & Definition
Stammer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stammer?

[n] a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
[v] speak haltingly

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stammer: bumble | falter | stutter | stutter

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stammer:

See Also | mouth | speak | speech defect | speech disorder | talk | utter | verbalise | verbalize

Stammer In Webster's Dictionary

\Stam"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stammered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stammering}.] [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal?n, stamm?n, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. {Stem} to resist, {Stumble}.] To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter. I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. --Shak.
\Stam"mer\, v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
\Stam"mer\, n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

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