stammering

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STAMMERING, participle present tense 1. Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words; stuttering. 2. adjective Apt to stammer. STAMMERING, noun The act of stopping or hesitating in speaking; impediment in speech.
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