From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See {Stammer}, and {Stuttering}.
2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stutter \Stut"ter\, verb (used with an object) & 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds [syn: {stammer}]
verb
1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stammer}, {falter}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "stutter": balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer, palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble, stuttering, traulism
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