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Definition: Stammer |
StammerNoun1. A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds. Verb1. Speak haltingly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stammer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you stammer in your conversation, denotes that worry and illness will threaten your enjoyment. To hear others stammer, foretells that unfriendly persons will delight in annoying you and giving you needless worry. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: StammerSynonyms: bumble (v), falter (v), stutter (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Stammering | Verb: stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stammer |
| English words defined with "stammer": Balbucinate ♦ Faffle, Famble ♦ Great climacteric ♦ Haffle ♦ Maffle ♦ Stammered, stammeringly, stutteringly. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stammer": Psellism. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We've almost gotten that stammer cured. (What's Up, Doc?; writing credit: Peter Bogdanovich; Buck Henry) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The sister attempted to speak, but could scarcely stammer out a few inarticulate sounds. |
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| "Stammer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.74% of the time. "Stammer" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 69.74% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 22.37% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.26% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.63% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "stammer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stammer | Last name | 200 | 39,144 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "stammer": stammer a reply ♦ stammer out ♦ stammer smth.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stammer | 32 |
stammer stomp | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stammer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | belbëzoj (falter, flounder, haw, splutter, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فأفأة (stutter), فأفأ (stutter), تمتمة (mumbling, murmur, mutter, muttering, stammering, stutter, stuttering), تمتم (babble, gibber, mumble, mutter, stutter, stutter out), تلعثم (falter, fumble, gibber, halt, hem, hum and haw, jerk, stumble, stutter, trip), تلجلج, تأتأة (stammering), تأتأ (stutter), جاوب بتلعثم, أجاب متمتما. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | заекване (hesitance, hesitancy, stutter), заеквам (falter, hesitate, stutter), пелтечене (stutter), пелтеча (hesitate, splutter, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 口吃 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koktavost, koktat (stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stotteren (stutter), stamelen (stutter), hakkelen (stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | balbuti (stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | stama (stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | من من کردن (Fumble, Mumble, Mutter), لکنت پیداکردن , لکنت (Stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sopertaa (falter, mumble, murmur, mutter), tankata (keep saying or asking, nag, pound into one's head, refuel), kangertaa (stumble in one's speech, stutter), änkytys (stutter), änkyttää (stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | balbutier (stammer out, stutter), bégayer (stutter, stutter out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stottern (kick, splutter, sputter, stutter, stutterer), stammeln (babble, stutter, to babble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραυλίζω (falter, gibber, haw, lisp, splutter, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למלמל (babble, buzz, chatter, mumble, murmur, mutter, splutter, sputter), ללוע (gulp down, swallow), ללעלע (pharymgize), ללעות (swallow), ל'מ'ם (hum and haw, muffle, splutter, stutter), "מ"ום (hum, murmur, rustling), 'מ'ום (hesitation, splutter, sputter, stammering, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hebegés (halt, stutter), dadogás (stutter), dadog (falter, stutter, to stammer, to stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gelagapan (confused, flustered, stutter), gagap (stutter), bergagap (hurriedly, in a hurry, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tartagliare (stutter), balbuzie (stutter), balbettio (babble, prattle), balbettare (babble, falter, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 吃り (a stammer, a stutter, faltering), 吃る (to stammer, to stutter), 澱む (to be precipitated, to be sedimented, to be sluggish, to be stagnant, to deposit, to falter, to hesitate, to settle, to stagnate, to stammer, to stumble), 淀む (to be precipitated, to be sedimented, to be sluggish, to be stagnant, to deposit, to falter, to hesitate, to settle, to stagnate, to stammer, to stumble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どもり (a stammer, a stutter, faltering, gradation), どもる (to stammer, to stutter), よどむ (to be precipitated, to be sedimented, to be sluggish, to be stagnant, to deposit, to falter, to hesitate, to settle, to stagnate, to stammer, to stumble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 말""이 (stammerer, stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | loayrt dy thittagh (lisp, lisping, stammering, stutter), loayrt dy cabbagh (stammering, stutter), cabbid (inarticulateness, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ammerstay tartamudear (stutter), gaguejar (burble, falter, flounder, haw, hem, stutter), balbuciar (babble, lip, lisp, mumble, mutter, stutter). (various references) se bâlbâi (babble, splatter, stutter), gângãvire, gângãvi (lisp, stutter), bolborosi (babble, bubble, falter out, gabble, gibber, gobble, haw, mutter, sputter), bâlbâire (stutter), bâlbâi (splutter, sputter, stutter). (various references) заикаться (stutter, stutters). (various references) zamuckivati (stutter), promucati, mucati (stutter), mucanje (stutter). (various references) tartamudear (stutter), balbucear (babble, fumble, lisp, mumble, prattle, splutter, stutter). (various references) stammning, stamma (falter, stem, stutter). (various references) kekemelik (impediment, stammering, stutter, stuttering), kekeleyerek söylemek (stutter, stutter out), kekelemek (falter, have a stutter, stutter), kekeleme (faltering, stammering, stuttering). (various references) спотикатися (blunder into, chip, falter, flounder, stumble, titubate, trip), заїкатися (hesitate, stutter, titubate), заїкання (balbuties, hesitation, hobble, impediment, stutter, stuttering, titubation), затинятися, бурмотання (burble, gabble, murmur, mutter). (various references) sự nói lắp tật nói lắp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | balbutire. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | stutten. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stammer": stammered, stammerer, stammerers, stammering, stammers. (additional references) | |
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"Stammer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sammar, sammler, spamer, spammer, stame, Stamm, stamma, stammerd, stammre, stamor, Stemmle, stenmark, stimer, stimerol, stimmen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stammer" (pronounced sta"mer) |
| 3 | -a" m er | clamor, crammer, dammer, enamor, glamor, glamour, grammar, hammer, jammer, rammer, slammer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: armets, master, maters, matres, ramets, stemma, stream, tamers. | |
-2 letters: armet, aster, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, ramet, rates, reams, satem, smarm, smart, smear, stare, steam, tamer, tames, tares, teams, tears, terms, trams. | |
-3 letters: ares, arms, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, maes, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-m-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ammeters, marmites, marmoset, metamers, rammiest, stammers, trammels. | |
+2 letters: armaments, asymmetry, immatures, maelstrom, marmosets, metameres, midstream, roommates, sarmentum, smarmiest, stammered, stammerer. | |
+3 letters: amateurism, asymmetric, atmometers, dermatomes, dreamtimes, firmaments, hammertoes, immigrates, maelstroms, mainstream, manometers, mastermind, maumetries, metalmarks, metamerism, midstreams, millstream, monetarism, mythmakers, rheumatism, spermatium, stammerers, stammering. | |
+4 letters: amateurisms, amercements, anemometers, asymmetries, axisymmetry, commiserate, disarmament, embarkments, immortalise, impairments, impartments, magisterium, mainstreams, manometries, masterminds, matchmakers, materialism, maternalism, matrimonies, measurement, memorialist, metamerisms, millstreams, monetarisms, rearmaments, rheumatisms, summersault, suprematism, symmetrical, tautomerism, thermograms. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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