Defn: Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
STAMMERER
Stam"mer*er, n.
Defn: One who stammers.
STAMMERING
Stam"mer*ing, a.
Defn: Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
— Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
STAMMERING
Stam"mer*ing, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
STAMP
Stamp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.] Etym:
[OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stanpf,
Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E.
step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.]
1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.