Meaning

2 senses

  1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

    She said goodbye in a stammer.

    Stottern

    заика́ниеzaikánije

    заїканняzajikannja

    a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

  2. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

Examples

21 sentences

  1. Tom stammers when he gets nervous.

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  2. The new boy had a nervous stammer.

    deDer neue Junge stotterte vor Aufregung.

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  3. Tom began to stammer.

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  4. Tom doesn't stammer anymore.

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  5. Tom no longer stammers.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
involuntary repetition of sounds in speech:
Русский
By meaning 1
involuntary repetition of sounds in speech:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
involuntary repetition of sounds in speech:

Origin

From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrō

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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Forms

plural: stammers
Singularstammer
Pluralstammers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds:stutter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stallB1stallionstaminaC1stampA2stampede
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