Definitions for: Falter


[n] the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
[v] speak haltingly
[v] walk unsteadily
[v] move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
[v] be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fal"ter, v. t.
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.


Fal"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Faltering.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault.
See Fault, v. & n.]
1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as,
his tongue falters.

With faltering speech and visage incomposed.
--Milton.

2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. ``He found his legs
falter.'' --Wiseman.

3. To hesitate in purpose or action.

Ere her native king Shall falter under foul
rebellion's arms. --Shak.

4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said
of the mind or of thought.

Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space
and distance falters. --I. Taylor.


Fal"ter, v. t.
To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak
manner.

And here he faltered forth his last farewell. --Byron.

Mde me most happy, faltering ``I am thine.''
--Tennyson.


Fal"ter, n. [See Falter, v. i.]
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken
sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. --Lowell.

Synonyms: bumble, bumble, faltering, hesitation, stammer, stumble, stutter, waver, waver, waver

See Also: hesitate, mouth, move, pause, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, waffle, walk

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