faltering
(adjective) unsteady in speech or action
hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
(noun) the act of pausing uncertainly; “there was a hesitation in his speech”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faltering (comparative more faltering, superlative most faltering)
hesitant, halting
faltering
present participle of falter
faltering (plural falterings)
hesitancy
• afterling, felt grain, reflating
Source: Wiktionary
Fal"ter*ing, a.
Definition: Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." Milton.
– n.
Definition: Falter; halting; hesitation.
– Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Fal"ter, v. t.
Definition: To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Fal"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Faltering.] Etym: [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. "He found his legs falter." 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.
Fal"ter, v. t.
Definition: 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 "I am thine." Tennyson.
Fal"ter, n. Etym: [See Falter, v. i.]
Definition: Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
