intransitive verb. To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver.

intransitive verb. To speak hesitatingly; stammer.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To move unsteadily or haltingly; stumble.

intransitive verb. To become weak, ineffective, or unsteady, especially in performance.

noun. Unsteadiness in speech or action.

noun. A faltering sound.

To be unsteady; tremble; totter: as, his legs falter.

To fail in accuracy, distinctness, or regularity of exercise or function; fail or waver from physical or moral weakness, emotion, etc.

To hesitate, especially to hesitate in the utterance of words; speak with a broken or trembling utterance; stammer: as, his tongue falters.

Synonyms Stutter, etc. See stammer.

noun. The act of faltering, hesitating, trembling, stammering, or the like; unsteadiness; hesitation; trembling; quavering.

To thresh in the chaff; cleanse or sift out, as barley.

transitive verb. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

intransitive verb. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer.

intransitive verb. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.

intransitive verb. To hesitate in purpose or action.

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

noun. Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound.

transitive verb. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.

noun. unsteadiness.

verb. To waver or be unsteady.

verb. To stammer.

verb. To stumble.

verb. To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).

verb. walk unsteadily

noun. the act of pausing uncertainly

verb. speak haltingly

verb. be unsure or weak

verb. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

"Two quarterbacks, three sacks, four plays, and I'm wondering, does Tice think the word falter'' applies. real_rick at 10:16 PM August 15, 2011"

hesitate  hesitation  

hesitate  mouth  move  pause  speak  

Gibraltar  Psalter  Walter  altar  alter  

abashment  anti-missile  awkwardto  beinga  beseeching  

Bebung  abandon hope  back down  back out  balance  

faltered  faltering  falters