adj apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
2. stammering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of stammer.
3. stammering ·noun 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.