Stammer

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stammer \Stam"mer\ (st[a^]m"m[~e]r), v. t.
     To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; --
     sometimes with out.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Stammer \Stam"mer\, n.
     Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of
     utterance; a stutter.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stammer \Stam"mer\ (st[a^]m"m[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Stammered} (-m[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stammering}.] [OE.
     stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. &
     LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal[=o]n,
     stamm[=e]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
     difficulty; to stutter.
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           I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour
           this concealed man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out
           of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or
           none at all.                             --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stammer
       n : a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
           repetitions of certain sounds [syn: {stutter}]
       v : speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
           opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stutter}, {falter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "stammer":
     balbuties, be guilty, blush, change color, color, color up,
     crimson, dysphemia, falter, faltering, flush, gibber, halt, hammer,
     haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw,
     jabber, look guilty, lurch, mammer, mantle, palilalia, pause,
     redden, splutter, sputter, squirm with self-consciousness, stagger,
     stammering, stumble, stutter, stuttering, topple, totter, traulism,
     turn red, wobble