Meanings
nounstammering (plural stammerings)
plural stammerings
- The act of one who stammers.
We could not understand his inarticulate stammerings.
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At that point, humanity crosses another threshold, miniaturizes its universe into symbolic form, and takes a toddling step toward iconography, writing, and the first stammerings of calendrical notation and mathematics.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 95
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stammer
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian заекване, пелтечене
- заекване (zaekvane)act of stammering
- пелтечене (peltečene)act of stammering
Czech koktání
- koktáníact of stammering
Danish stammen
- stammenact of stammering
Dutch gestotter, gestamel
- gestotteract of stammering
- gestamelact of stammering
French bafouillage, balbutiement
- bafouillageact of stammering
- balbutiementact of stammering
- bégaiementact of stammering
German Gestotter
- Gestotteract of stammering
Irish bailbhe, balbhántaíocht
- bailbheact of stammering
- balbhántaíochtact of stammering
- snagaireachtact of stammering
- stadaireachtact of stammering
- trudaireachtact of stammering
Italian balbettio, balbettamento
- balbettioact of stammering
- balbettamentoact of stammering
- ciangottioact of stammering
- tartagliamentoact of stammering
Latin haesitantia, haesitātiō
- haesitantiaact of stammering
- haesitātiōact of stammering
- titubātiōact of stammering
Russian заика́ние
- заика́ние (zaikánije)act of stammering
Spanish tartamudeo
- tartamudeoact of stammering
Tagalog pagkautal
- pagkautalact of stammering
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stammering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stammering
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“stammering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stammering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stammering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stammering.
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