stammering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb speak haltingly
    falter; bumble; stammer; stutter.
    • The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room

WordNet


Stam"mer*ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
Stam"mer*ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) 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.

Webster 1913