To speak with involuntary pauses or repetition of sounds, often due to nervousness or a speech impediment.
From Old English 'stamerian,' likely imitative in origin, mimicking the stuttering sound itself. Germanic languages have similar versions of this word.
Famous speakers and actors like James Earl Jones and Marilyn Monroe had stammer-related struggles—overcoming them made their voices more powerful because they learned to control their speech deliberately!
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