| Stammer 1. (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. 2. (v. t.) To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. 3. (n.) Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter. Thesaurus Entries 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 |