KJV Dictionary Definition: stammer

stammer

STAMMER, v.i. Literally, to stop in uttering syllables or words; to stutter; to hesitate or falter in speaking; and hence, to speak with stops and difficulty. Demosthenes is said to have stammered in speaking, and to have overcome the difficulty by persevering efforts.

STAMMER, v.t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly.

stammerer

STAMMERER, n. One that stutters or hesitates in speaking.

stammering

STAMMERING, ppr.

1. Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words; stuttering.

2. a. Apt to stammer.

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

stammeringly

STAMMERINGLY, adv. With stops or hesitation in speaking.