Thesaurus: stammer

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1. v. i. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
2. v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
3. n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
4. n. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
5. v. speak haltingly
6. 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. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
7. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; tohesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty;to stutter.I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concleadman out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle,either too much at once, or none at all. Shak.
8. n:8/v:92 n. a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds