STAMMER
stammer, stutter
(noun) a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
(verb) speak haltingly; “The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Stammer (plural Stammers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stammer is the 31873rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724 individuals. Stammer is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.
Anagrams
• stremma
Etymology
Verb
stammer (third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered)
(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
(transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
Synonyms
• stutter
Noun
stammer (plural stammers)
The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
Anagrams
• stremma
Source: Wiktionary
Stam"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.] Etym: [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal, stamm, 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.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
Stam"mer, n.
Definition: Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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