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stam⋅mer

  [stam-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
–verb (used with object)
2. to say with a stammer (often fol. by out).
–noun
3. a stammering mode of utterance.
4. a stammered utterance.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME stammeren (v.), OE stamerian (c. G stammern), equiv. to stam stammering + -erian -er 6 ; akin to ON stamma to stammer, Goth stams stammering

Related forms:
stam⋅mer⋅er, noun
stam⋅mer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. pause, hesitate, falter. Stammer, stutter mean to speak with some form of difficulty. Stammer, the general term, suggests a speech difficulty that results in broken or inarticulate sounds and sometimes in complete stoppage of speech; it may be temporary, caused by sudden excitement, confusion, embarrassment, or other emotion, or it may be so deep-seated as to require special treatment for its correction. Stutter, the parallel term preferred in technical usage, designates a broad range of defects that produce spasmodic interruptions of the speech rhythm, repetitions, or prolongations of sounds or syllables: The child's stutter was no mere stammer of embarrassment.
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stam·mer   (stām'ər)   
v.   stam·mered, stam·mer·ing, stam·mers

v.   intr.
To speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
v.   tr.
To utter with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
n.  A way of speaking characterized by involuntary pauses or repetitions.

[Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian.]
stam'mer·er n., stam'mer·ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

stammer 
O.E. stamerian, from W.Gmc. *stamrojan (cf. O.N. stammr, O.H.G. stam, Goth. stamms "stammering," M.Du. stameren, Ger. stammeln "to stammer," O.Fris., Ger. stumm "dumb"), from PIE base *stam-, *stum- "check, impede" (see stem (v.)).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1stam·mer
Pronunciation: 'stam-&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: stam·mered;stam·mer·ing /-(&-)ri[ng]/
: to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking

Main Entry: 2stammer
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of stammering
2 : the condition of habitually speaking with stammersstammer>
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Medical Dictionary

stammer stam·mer (stām'ər)
n.
A speech disorder characterized by hesitation and repetition of sounds, or by mispronunciation or transposition of certain consonants, especially l, r, and s. v. stam·mered, stam·mer·ing, stam·mers
To speak with a stammer.

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