Stammer /(stăm"mẽr)/

Stam·mer

Stammer

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering

  1. To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and difficulty; to stutter.
    I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concealed man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all.

Stammer

v. t.
  1. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

Stammer

n.
  1. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.