stutter

i. & t. [A frequent. from stut (q. v.); Dut.stotteren; Low Ger. stötern; Ger. stottern.] A. In trans.: To stammer; to hesitate in the articulation of words. "He had stood trembling, stuttering , calling for his confe or."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xxi. B. Trans.: To utter in a stuttering manner; to stammer out.