About The Word Stammer

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Stammer to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Stammer definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
  • Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
  • Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
  • Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
  • Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
  • Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
  • Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
  • Apatura ‐ large Old World…
  • Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
  • Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…