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Webster 1913 Edition


Stammering

Stam′mer-ing

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Adj.
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
Stam′mer-ing-ly
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adv.

Stam′mer-ing

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Noun.
(Physiol.)
A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stammering

STAMMERING

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ppr.
1.
Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words; stuttering.
2.
a. Apt to stammer.

STAMMERING

,
Noun.
The act of stopping or hesitating in speaking; impediment in speech.

Definition 2024


stammering

stammering

English

Noun

stammering (plural stammerings)

  1. The act of one who stammers.
    We could not understand his inarticulate stammerings.

Translations

Verb

stammering

  1. present participle of stammer