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Webster 1913 Edition

Stammer

Stam′mer

(stăm′mẽr)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stammered
(-mẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stammering
.]
[OE.
stameren
, fr. AS.
stamur
,
stamer
, stammering; akin to D. & LG.
stameren
to stammer, G.
stammeln
, OHG.
stammalōn
,
stammēn
, Dan.
stamme
, Sw.
stamma
, Icel.
stama
,
stamma
, OHG. & Dan.
stam
stammering, Icel.
stamr
, Goth.
stamms
, and to G.
stemmen
to bear against,
stumm
dumb, D.
stom
. Cf.
Stem
to resist,
Stumble
.]
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.
Shakespeare

Stam′mer

(stăm′mẽr)
,
Verb.
T.
To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; – sometimes with out.

Stam′mer

,
Noun.
Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stammer

STAMMER

,
Verb.
I.
Literally, to stop in uttering syllables or words; to stutter; to hesitate or falter in speaking; and hence, to speak with stops and difficulty. Demosthenes is said to have stammered in speaking, and to have overcome the difficulty by persevering efforts.

STAMMER

,
Verb.
T.
To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly.

Definition 2025

stämmer

stämmer

See also: stammer

Swedish

Verb

stämmer

  1. present tense of stämma.

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