stammer at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
['stæmə]
stammer at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
O.E. stamerian, from W.Gmc. *stamrojan, from base *stam-, *stum- "check, impede." ///
stammer at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
v [I and T] [Language: Old English; Origin: stamerian]// to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc// stutter// --Whenever he was angry he would begin to stammer slightly.// --Ben stammered out an apology.// -- stammerer n [C] //
stammer 2 n [C usually singular] a speech problem which makes someone speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds// stutter// --Jeff spoke with a slight stammer.//
stammer at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
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
stammer at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[N] (Stammering): inarticulateness, stammering, stuttering, mumbling, hesitation, speech impediment, lisp, drawl, twang, falsetto.
[V] (Stammering): stammer, stutter, falter, mumble, mutter, lisp, jabber, drawl, mispronounce.
[ADJ] (Stammering): stammering, stuttering, inarticulate, guttural, nasal, tremulous, affected.
stammer at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
verb, noun
verb to speak with difficulty, repeating sounds or words and often stopping, before saying things correctly
SYN STUTTER:
[V] Many children stammer but grow out of it. * [V speech] 'W-w-what?' he stammered. * [VN] She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker.
stammerer noun
noun [sing.] a problem that sb has in speaking in which they repeat sounds or words or often pause before saying things correctly:
She spoke with a stammer. * As a child, he had a dreadful stammer.
Stammer at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Stammer \Stam"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stammered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stammering}.] [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer,
stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G.
stammeln, OHG. stammal?n, stamm?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
diffivulty; to stutter.
I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour
this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out
of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or
none at all. --Shak.
Stammer \Stam"mer\, v. t.
To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; --
sometimes with out.
Stammer \Stam"mer\, n.
Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of
utterance; a stutter.
stammer at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
stammer
n : a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
repetitions of certain sounds [syn: {stutter}]
v : speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stutter}, {falter}]
stammer at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » stämmer
English
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » ang|en Inter: term » stamerian|lang=ang. Cf. German stammeln.Pronunciation
* Inter: a » US Inter: IPA » /ˈstæmɚ/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /"st{m@`/Verb
Inter: en-ver » bTranslations
Inter: trans-top » to stutterInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Synonyms
* stutterNoun
Inter: en-nou » nTranslations
Inter: trans-top » involuntary repetition of sounds in speechInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Category: Category:en:Talking -
Danish
Noun
Inter: head » da|noun form|g=cVerb
Inter: head » da|verb formNorwegian
Etymology 1
Noun
Inter: head » no|noun form|head=stammerEtymology 2
Verb
Inter: head » no|verb formTranslation: de » stammer
Translation: et » stammer
Translation: el » stammer
Translation: fa » stammer
Translation: fr » stammer
Translation: ko » stammer
Translation: io » stammer
Translation: kn » stammer
Translation: lt » stammer
Translation: hu » stammer
Translation: mg » stammer
Translation: ml » stammer
Translation: my » stammer
Translation: ja » stammer
Translation: no » stammer
Translation: pl » stammer
Translation: ru » stammer
Translation: fi » stammer
Translation: ta » stammer
Translation: te » stammer
Translation: tr » stammer
Translation: vi » stammer
Translation: zh » stammer
stämmer at English (WD) Of Explained:
==Swedish==
Verb
Inter: head » sv|verb formTranslation: fr » stämmer
Translation: sv » stämmer