Stammering

['stæməriŋ]

Definition

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

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

(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.

Inputed by Giles

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Stuttering, faltering, difficulty of utterance.

Checked by Francis