Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stuttering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stutter \Stut"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Stuttered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Stuttering}.] [Freq. of stut, OE. stoten; probably
of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G.
stottern, D. stooten to push, to strike; akin to G. stossen,
Icel. stauta, Sw. st["o]ta, Dan. st["o]de, Goth. stautan, L.
tundere, Skr. tud to thrust. Cf. {Contuse}, {Obtuse}.]
To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with
spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
--Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stuttering \Stut"ter*ing\, n.
The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some
physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form
the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as
distinguished from stammering.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stuttering \Stut"ter*ing\, a.
Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. -- {Stut"ter*ing*ly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stuttering
adj : unable to speak freely and easily [syn: {stammering(a)}, {stuttering(a)}]
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