Dictionary Entry
falter
falter is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, verb & noun, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
- 2verb & noun
To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
- 3verb & noun
To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.
- 4verb & noun
To hesitate in purpose or action.
- 5verb & noun
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
- 6transitive verb
To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
- 7intransitive verb
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
- 8noun
the act of pausing uncertainly
"there was a hesitation in his speech"
Synonyms
- 9verb
speak haltingly
"The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- 10verb
walk unsteadily
"The drunk man stumbled about"
- 11verb
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
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- 12verb
be unsure or weak
"Their enthusiasm is faltering"
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