As a noun hesitation
is hesitation.
As a verb mammer is
(rare) to hesitate.
hesitation
Alternative forms
* (chiefly archaic)
Noun
(
en noun)
An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
A faltering in speech; stammering.
Related terms
* hesitate
mammer
English
Verb
(
en verb)
(rare) To hesitate.
- Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on'' — Shakespeare, ''Othello .
(rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.
Derived terms
*mammery
*mammering