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stutter
English
Etymology
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?st???/
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
Verb
stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty
- The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.
Synonyms
- (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer
Translations
Noun
stutter (plural stutters)
- A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
- Synonym: stammer
- (obsolete) One who stutters.
- Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,[1]
- And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Truetts, tutters
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stammer
English
Etymology
From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamr?n, from Proto-Germanic *stamr?n? (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?stæm?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?stæm?/
- Rhymes: -æm?(?)
Verb
stammer (third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered)
- (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
- (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
- He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi:
- The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them.
Synonyms
- stutter
Translations
Noun
stammer (plural stammers)
- The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “stammer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- stremma
Danish
Noun
stammer c
- indefinite plural of stamme
Verb
stammer
- present of stamme
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
stammer m
- indefinite plural of stamme
Verb
stammer
- present tense of stamme
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- stammar
Noun
stammer m or f
- indefinite feminine plural of stamme
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