'Stammer' definitions:
Definition of 'stammer'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Stammer'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Stammer'
From: GCIDE
- Stammer \Stam"mer\ (st[a^]m"m[~e]r), v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stammer'
From: GCIDE
- Stammer \Stam"mer\, n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stammer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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