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stammering
(encz) | stammering,koktání n: Zdeněk Brož |
stammering
(encz) | stammering,koktavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Stammering
(gcide) | Stammering \Stam"mer*ing\, a.
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. --
Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
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Stammering
(gcide) | Stammering \Stam"mer*ing\, n. (Physiol.)
A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due
essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the
diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may
be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
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Stammering
(gcide) | Stammer \Stam"mer\ (st[a^]m"m[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Stammered (-m[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.] [OE.
stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. &
LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal[=o]n,
stamm[=e]n, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma,
OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and
to G. stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf.
Stem to resist, Stumble.]
To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to
hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and
difficulty; to stutter.
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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.
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