[syn: bumble, stutter, stammer, falter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stammer \Stam"mer\, n.
Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of
utterance; a stutter.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stammer
n 1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
repetitions of certain sounds [syn: stammer, stutter]
v 1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter,
stammer, falter]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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