stammer

[StamĀ·mer]

To stammer or to have a stammer is to speak haltingly and to have trouble getting the words out. A stammer is also called a "stutter."

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To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

Noun
a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

Verb
speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"


v. i.
To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

v. t.
To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

n.
Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.


Stammer

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. stammaln, stammn, 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.

Stammer

Stam"mer , v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

Stammer

Stam"mer, n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

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Usage Examples

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

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