Stammering

Stammering
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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Stammering — Stam mer*ing, a. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. {Stam mer*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stammering — Stam mer*ing, n. (Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stammering — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Imperfect Speech. < N PARAG:Stammering >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inarticulateness inarticulateness Sgm: N 1 stammering stammering &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 hesitation hesitation &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 impediment in one s speech… …   English dictionary for students

  • stammering — noun the act of stammering …   Wiktionary

  • stammering — 1. A speech disorder characterized by hesitation and repetition of words, or by mispronunciation or transposition of certain consonants, especially l, r, and s. 2. Sounds other than speech, that are similar to s.. SYN: paralalia literalis,… …   Medical dictionary

  • stammering — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Speech defect Nouns stammering, stuttering, etc.; hesitancy, broken voice; speech impediment; lisp, drawl; mispronunciation, slip of the tongue, lapsus linguae. Verbs stammer, stutter, falter, sputter,… …   English dictionary for students

  • stammering — Synonyms and related words: balbutient, balbuties, bashful, bashfulness, battology, confused, confusion, conscious, coy, coyness, demure, demureness, demurity, dysphemia, embarrassment, expletive, faltering, filling, halting, hesitating,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • stammering — stam·mer || stæmÉ™(r) n. stutter, tendency to falter or pause frequently while speaking v. stutter, falter or pause frequently while speaking …   English contemporary dictionary

  • stammering — n. Stuttering, faltering, difficulty of utterance …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • stammering — stuttering; n. halting articulation with interruptions to the normal flow of speech and repetition of the initial consonants of words or syllables. It usually first appears in childhood and the symptoms are most severe when the stammerer is under …   The new mediacal dictionary

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