(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

(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.