Stammer Definition

stămər
stammered, stammering, stammers
verb
stammered, stammering, stammers
To speak or say with involuntary pauses or blocks, often with rapid repetitions of syllables or initial sounds, as temporarily from excitement, embarrassment, etc. or chronically.
Webster's New World
To utter with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
American Heritage
To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
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noun
stammers
Act, instance, or habit of stammering.
Webster's New World
A way of speaking characterized by involuntary pauses or repetitions.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Stammer

Noun

Singular:
stammer
Plural:
stammers

Origin of Stammer

  • Middle English stameren from Old English stamerian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English stamerian. Cf. German stammeln.

    From Wiktionary

Stammer Sentence Examples

  • Does the person stammer over words or seem to lose track of the flow of the conversation?

  • In 1861 he was ordained deacon, but he never took priest's orders, possibly because of a stammer which prevented reading aloud.

  • Reverend Neville Greystone was a young chap with a slight nervous stammer.

  • From these injuries he slowly recovered, but he long continued to stammer in his speech, whence the nickname, adopted by himself, of "Tartaglia."

  • I began to stammer an apology, but he suddenly smiled, grabbed my hand and began pumping it.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

Words Ending With

RERMER

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