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stam·mer   (stām'ər) Pronunciation Key
v.   stam·mered, stam·mer·ing, stam·mers

v.   intr.
To speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
v.   tr.
To utter with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
n.   A way of speaking characterized by involuntary pauses or repetitions.

[Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian.]
stam'mer·er n., stam'mer·ing·ly adv.

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Main Entry: stammering
Function: noun
1 : the act of one who stammers
2 : a defective condition of speech characterized by involuntary stopsand repetitions or blocking of utterance —compare STUTTERING 2

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Stammering

Stam"mer*ing\, a. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.