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English Dictionary: falter	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for falter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falter n the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" Synonym(s): hesitation, waver, falter, faltering v be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: falter, waver] move hesitatingly, as if about to give way Synonym(s): falter, waver walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" Synonym(s): stumble, falter, bumble speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" Synonym(s): bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falter \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 [bd]I am thine.[b8] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falter \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. With faltering speech and visage incomposed. --Milton. 2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. [bd]He found his legs falter.[b8] --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.