stammer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stammer	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for stammer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stammer n a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds Synonym(s): stammer, stutter v speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" Synonym(s): bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stammer \Stam"mer\, v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stammer \Stam"mer\, n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.