·adj Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
II. Stammering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Stammer.
III. Stammering ·noun 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.