halting

English

Adjective

halting (comparative more halting, superlative most halting)

Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
his halting speech

her halting steps

Derived terms

Translations

hesitant or broken

Bulgarian: колеблив (bg) (kolebliv), заекващ (bg) (zaekvašt)
Dutch: stoppen (nl), onderbreken (nl), stil houden

Maori: pāremoremo (of speech)
Spanish: titubeante, vacilante (es), entrecortado (es)

Verb

halting

present participle of halt

Noun

halting (plural haltings)

The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
- 1841, George Mogridge, Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey (page 167)
  But alas ! alas ! the faintings, the haltings, the back-slidings of Christians, are enough to make us tremble while we rejoice in the hope set before us.

Anagrams

Althing, alnight, lathing, thingal

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