stammer: Meaning and Definition of

stam•mer

Pronunciation: (stam'ur), [key]
— v.i.
  1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
—v.t.
  1. to say with a stammer (often fol. by out).
—n.
  1. a stammering mode of utterance.
  2. a stammered utterance.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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