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1. (v.i.) stammer
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
2. (v.t.) stammer
to say with a stammer (often fol. by out).
3. (n.) stammer
a stammering mode of utterance.
4. stammer
a stammered utterance.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE stamerian; akin to OHG
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) stammer, stutter
a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
2. (verb) bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
speak haltingly
"The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
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1. (verb) stammer
to have trouble moving past a particular sound in a word when you speak
She stammers badly.; "D-d-don't hurt us," he stammered.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stammer
defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter
2. (verb) stammer
to make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter
3. (verb) stammer
to utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out
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Sense: the speech defect of being unable to produce easily certain sounds
`You m-m-must m-m-meet m-m-my m-m-mother' is an example of a stammer; That child has a bad stammer.
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 Afrikaans: hakkel, stotter |
 Arabic: تَمْتَمَه، تَلَعْثُم |
 Bulgarian: заекване |
 Brazilian: gagueira |
 Czech: koktavost |
 German: das Stottern |
 Danish: stammen |
 Greek: τραύλισμα |
 Estonian: kokutamine |
 Farsi: لكنت |
 Finnish: änkytys |
 French: bégaiement |
 Hebrew: גִמגוּם |
 Hindi: हकलाहट |
 Croatian: mucanje |
 Hungarian: dadogás |
 Indonesian: gagap |
 Icelandic: stam |
 Italian: balbuzie, balbettamento |
 Japanese: どもり声 |
 Korean: 말 더듬 |
 Lithuanian: mikčiojimas |
 Latvian: stostīšanās |
 Malay: gagap |
 Dutch: het stotteren |
 Norwegian: stamming |
 Polish: jąkanie się |
 Portuguese: gaguez |
 Romanian: bâlbâială |
 Russian: заикание |
 Slovak: koktanie, zajakavosť |
 Slovenian: jecljanje |
 Serbian: zamuckivanje |
 Swedish: stamning |
 Thai: การพูดตะกุกตะกัก |
 Turkish: kekeleme, kekemelik |
 Taiwanese: 口吃 |
 Ukrainian: заїкання |
 Urdu: ہکلاہٹ |
 Vietnamese: tật nói lắp |
 Chinese: 口吃 |
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