Definitions for stammerˈstæm ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

stam•merˈstæm ər(v.i.)

  1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.

  2. (v.t.)to say with a stammer (often fol. by out).

  3. (n.)a stammering mode of utterance.

  4. a stammered utterance.

Origin of stammer:

bef. 1000; OE stamerian; akin to OHG stam(al) , ON stamr, Go stamms stammering


Princeton's WordNet

  1. stammer, stutter(verb)

    a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

  2. bumble, stutter, stammer, falter(verb)

    speak haltingly


Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. stammer(verb)ˈstæm ər

    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.


  1. stammer(Noun)

    The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

  2. stammer(Verb)

    To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily.

  3. Origin: From stamerian.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stammer(verb)

    to make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter

  2. Stammer(verb)

    to utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out

  3. Stammer(noun)

    defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter

Translations for stammer

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary


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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