Stammer /(stăm"mẽr)/
Stam·mer
Stammer
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering
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To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and difficulty; to stutter.
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.
Stammer
v. t.
- To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
Stammer
n.
- Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.