Stutter

1. (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

2. (n.) The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stuttering.

3. (n.) One who stutters; a stammerer.

Thesaurus Entries

balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer, palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble, stuttering, traulism