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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Stammer

/(stăm"mẽr)/ · Stam·mer · IPA /ˈstæmɚ/
01 v. i. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and difficulty; to stutter.
imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering
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    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.” Shak.
02 v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
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    To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
03 n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
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    Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.