Stammering

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.

(2): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stammer

(3): ( n.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.

King James Dictionary

Stammering, ppr.

1. Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words stuttering. 2. a. Apt to stammer.

Stammering, n. The act of stopping or hesitating in speaking impediment in speech.