Stammering

Stam·mer·ing

Stammering

a.
  1. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.

Stammering

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