4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stammering  \Stam"mer*ing\,  a. 
  Apt  to  stammer;  hesitating  in  speech;  stuttering.  -- 
  {Stam"mer*ing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stammering  \Stam"mer*ing\,  n.  (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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stammer  \Stam"mer\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stammered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Stammering}.]  [OE.  stameren  fr  AS  stamur  stamer, 
  stammering;  akin  to  D.  &  LG  stameren  to  stammer,  G. 
  stammeln,  OHG.  stammal?n,  stamm?n,  Dan.  stamme,  Sw  stamma, 
  Icel.  stama,  stamma,  OHG.  &  Dan.  stam  stammering,  Icel. 
  stamr,  Goth.  stamms,  and  to  G.  stemmen  to  bear  against,  stumm 
  dumb,  D.  stom.  Cf  {Stem}  to  resist,  {Stumble}.] 
  To  make  involuntary  stops  in  uttering  syllables  or  words  to 
  hesitate  or  falter  in  speaking;  to  speak  with  stops  and 
  diffivulty;  to  stutter. 
 
  I  would  thou  couldst  stammer,  that  thou  mightest  pour 
  this  conclead  man  out  of  thy  mouth,  as  wine  comes  out 
  of  a  narrow-mouthed  bottle,  either  too  much  at  once,  or 
  none  at  all  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stammering 
  adj  :  unable  to  speak  freely  and  easily  [syn:  {stammering(a)},  {stuttering(a)}] 

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