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

1. noun. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
2. noun. A strong strap or cord.
3. noun. A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
4. noun. A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
5. transitive verb. To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
6. noun. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

   Synonyms: balancer, haltere

7. noun. a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
8. noun. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading

   Synonyms: hackamore

9. noun. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

   Synonyms: hemp

10. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: cramp, hamper, strangle

11. verb. hang with a halter

Synonyms

balancer, haltere, hackamore, hemp, cramp, hamper, strangle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in halter:

arthel, lather, thaler

Common word forms

halters, haltered, halteres, haltering

Words from these letters

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