hesitate

hesitate has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. i.. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
• v. i.. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
• v. t.. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
• v.. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
• v.. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"