Stammer

stammer
    n 1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
         repetitions of certain sounds [syn: {stammer}, {stutter}]
    v 1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
         opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stutter},
         {stammer}, {falter}]
    

Stammer \Stam"mer\ (st[a^]m"m[~e]r), v. t.
   To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; --
   sometimes with out.
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Stammer \Stam"mer\, n.
   Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of
   utterance; a stutter.
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Stammer \Stam"mer\ (st[a^]m"m[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Stammered} (-m[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stammering}.] [OE.
   stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. &
   LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal[=o]n,
   stamm[=e]n, 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.
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         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.                             --Shak.
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "stammer":
      balbuties, be guilty, blush, change color, color, color up,
      crimson, dysphemia, falter, faltering, flush, gibber, halt, hammer,
      haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw,
      jabber, look guilty, lurch, mammer, mantle, palilalia, pause,
      redden, splutter, sputter, squirm with self-consciousness, stagger,
      stammering, stumble, stutter, stuttering, topple, totter, traulism,
      turn red, wobble