halting

  • 1halting — [hôl′tiŋ] adj. 1. limping, awkward, or unsteady [a halting gait] 2. marked by hesitation or uncertainty; jerky, disconnected, etc. [halting speech] haltingly adv …

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  • 2halting — index broken (interrupted) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3halting — (n.) act of limping or walking lamely, early 14c., from prp. of HALT (Cf. halt) (v.). Related: Haltingly …

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  • 4halting — [adj] hesitant awkward, bumbling, clumsy, doubtful, faltering, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering, maladroit, slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentative, uncertain, unhandy, vacillating,… …

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  • 5halting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ slow and hesitant. DERIVATIVES haltingly adverb …

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  • 6halting — [[t]hɔ͟ːltɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you speak or do something in a halting way, you speak or do it slowly and with a lot of hesitation, usually because you are uncertain about what to say or do next. In a halting voice she said that she wished to… …

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  • 7halting — adjective 1) a halting conversation halting English Syn: hesitant, faltering, hesitating, stumbling, stammering, stuttering; broken, imperfect Ant: fluent 2) his halting gait …

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  • 8halting — halt|ing [ˈho:ltıŋ US ˈho:l ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: halt to walk with difficulty , from Old English healtian] if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not… …

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  • 9halting — adjective if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not confident: We carried on a halting conversation in our imperfect German. haltingly adverb …

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  • 10halting — adjective 1. disabled in the feet or legs a crippled soldier a game leg • Syn: ↑crippled, ↑halt, ↑lame, ↑gimpy, ↑game • Similar to: ↑ …

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