stammer
pronunciation
How to pronounce stammer in British English:
UK [ˈstæmə(r)]
How to pronounce stammer in American English:
US [ˈstæmər]
-
- Noun:
- a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
-
- Verb:
- speak haltingly
Word Origin
- stammer
- stammer: [OE] To stammer is etymologically to be ‘impeded’ in speech. The word comes (along with Dutch stameren) from a prehistoric West Germanic *stamrōjan, which was derived from the base *stam-, *stum- ‘check, impede’ (source also of English stem ‘halt, check’ and stumble).=> stem, stumble
- stammer (v.)
- Old English stamerian "to stammer," from Proto-Germanic *stamro- (cognates: Old Norse stammr "stammering," Old Saxon stamaron, Gothic stamms "stammering," Middle Dutch and Dutch stameren, Old High German stammalon, German stammeln "to stammer," a frequentative verb related to adjective forms such as Old Frisian and German stumm "mute"). Related: Stammered; stammerer; stammering; stammeringly.
- stammer (n.)
- 1773, from stammer (v.).
Example
- 1. Jef had a slight stammer , which burrell nailed perfectly .
- 2. His stammer was troublesome for him .
- 3. His stammer prohibited him from becoming a good speaker .
- 4. Three out of four child stutterers cease to stammer in their mid-teens . I was lucky to be one of them .
- 5. With his stammer , it was much easier to say " no problem " than to start picking difficulties . Just get the artics on the road .