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Found 2 items, similar to falter.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: falter
falter
n : the act of pausing uncertainly;
“there was a hesitation in
his speech” [syn:
hesitation,
waver,
faltering]
v 1: be unsure or weak;
“Their enthusiasm is faltering” [syn:
waver]
2: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn:
waver]
3: walk unsteadily;
“The drunk man stumbled about” [syn:
stumble,
bumble]
4: speak haltingly;
“The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room” [syn:
bumble,
stutter,
stammer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Falter
Falter
\Fal"ter\, v. t.
To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak
manner.
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And here he faltered forth his last farewell. --Byron.
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Mde me most happy, faltering
“I am thine.”
--Tennyson.
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Falter
\Fal"ter\, n. [See
Falter, v. i.]
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken
sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
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The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. --Lowell.
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Falter
\Fal"ter\, v. t.
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Falter
\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.
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With faltering speech and visage incomposed.
--Milton.
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2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.
“He found his legs
falter.” --Wiseman.
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3. To hesitate in purpose or action.
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Ere her native king
Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak.
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4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said
of the mind or of thought.
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Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space
and distance falters. --I. Taylor.
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