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Vinony

stammer

noun

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verb

  1. to speak with involuntary stops; to stutter
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstæmə/ / /ˈstæmɚ/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Stammer.

  1. A surname from German.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.

  1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

    “She said goodbye in a stammer.”

  2. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

verb

Etymology: From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.

  1. To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
  2. To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

    “He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.”

    “The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them.”