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

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

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 presented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.

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