'Falter' definitions:
Definition of 'falter'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering]
verb
Be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: falter, waver]
verb
Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: falter, waver]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Falter'
From: GCIDE
- Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. [1913 Webster]
- And here he faltered forth his last farewell. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Falter'
From: GCIDE
- Falter \Fal"ter\, n. [See Falter, v. i.] Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. [1913 Webster]
- The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Falter'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- With faltering speech and visage incomposed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs falter." --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hesitate in purpose or action. [1913 Webster]
- Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. [1913 Webster]
- Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Falter'
From: GCIDE
- Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'falter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon hope,
- back down,
- back out,
- balance,
- bashfulness,
- Bebung,
- blench,
- blunder,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- bounce,
- bump,
- careen,
- career,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- chatter,
- chicken,
- chicken out,
- compunction,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- debate,
- delay,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- demurral,
- desert under fire,
- despair,
- despair of,
- despond,
- didder,
- diffidence,
- dillydally,
- dither,
- drag,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fight shy of,
- flag,
- flinch,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- flutter,
- funk,
- funk out,
- get cold feet,
- give up,
- give up hope,
- give way,
- goof off,
- grimace,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang in doubt,
- hang off,
- have an ague,
- have qualms,
- haw,
- hem,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitating,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- hover,
- hum,
- hum and haw,
- hustle,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jib,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- labor,
- lag,
- linger,
- loiter,
- lollygag,
- lose courage,
- lose heart,
- lose hope,
- lurch,
- make bones about,
- mammer,
- modesty,
- objection,
- pause,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- plunge,
- ponder,
- protest,
- pull back,
- quail,
- quake,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- recoil,
- reel,
- retreat,
- rictus,
- rock,
- roll,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- scuttle,
- seethe,
- shake,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shudder,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sink into despair,
- skedaddle,
- stagger,
- stammer,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- stutter,
- sway,
- swing,
- tarry,
- tentativeness,
- think twice,
- think twice about,
- thrash about,
- tic,
- topple,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- trail,
- tremble,
- tremolando,
- tremolant,
- tremolo,
- tremor,
- trill,
- trillet,
- trilleto,
- trillo,
- tumble,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- vacillate,
- vibrate,
- vibrato,
- volutation,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- waste time,
- waver,
- welter,
- whine,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- wobble,
- yield,
- yield to despair