stammer

Pronunciation: /ˈstæmə/

The English word “stammer” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

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.

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