Dictionary Entry
halter
halter is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who halts or limps; a cripple. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 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 9 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- 2noun
A strong strap or cord.
- 3noun
A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
- 4noun
A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
- 5transitive verb
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
- 6noun
either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
- 7noun
a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
- 8noun
rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
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- 9noun
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
Synonyms
- 10verb
prevent the progress or free movement of
"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- 11verb
hang with a halter
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