Falter

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
  • (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
  • (v. & n.) To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.
  • (v. & n.) To hesitate in purpose or action.
  • (v. & n.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
  • (v. t.) To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
  • (v. i.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

Compare falter with other words:

faller vs. falter

falser vs. falter

falter vs. walter

falcer vs. falter

falter vs. faster

falter vs. filter

falter vs. halter

falter vs. salter

falter vs. felter

alter vs. falter

falter vs. palter

falter vs. halting

faint vs. falter

falter vs. slump

falter vs. teeter

falter vs. totter

falter vs. waiver

falter vs. flag

falter vs. gibber

falter vs. untrue

falter vs. flounder

falter vs. pause

falter vs. stagger

falter vs. wobble

falter vs. halt

barley vs. falter

content vs. falter

cleanse vs. falter

falter vs. sift

abandon vs. falter

doubt vs. falter

falter vs. vigor

faith vs. falter

falter vs. stumble

falter vs. unsteady

falter vs. stammer

falter vs. waver

falter vs. hesitate