HALTING
halting
(adjective) fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; “uttered a few halting words of sorrow”
crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs; “a crippled soldier”; “a game leg”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
halting (comparative more halting, superlative most halting)
Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
Verb
halting
present participle of halt
Noun
halting (plural haltings)
The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
Synonyms
• (stopping, hesitancy): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also pause
Anagrams
• Althing, alnight, lathing, thingal
Source: Wiktionary
HALT
Halt,
Definition: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halt, n. Etym: [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.]
Definition: A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. Davenant.
Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]
1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h How long halt ye between two opinions 1 Kings xviii. 21
Halt, v. t. (Mil.)
Definition: To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
Halt, a. Etym: [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]
Definition: Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.
Halt, n.
Definition: The act of limping; lameness.
Halt, v. i. Etym: [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]
1. To walk lamely; to limp.
2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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