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halt2
- pronunciation:
- hawlt
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
halted, halting, halts |
| definition 1: |
to falter or stumble in movement, thought, writing, and the like.
- synonyms:
- falter, stumble
- similar words:
- balk, flounder, fumble, hesitate, hobble, stammer
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| definition 2: |
to be uncertain or indecisive; waver.
- synonyms:
- boggle, hesitate, shilly-shally, sway, vacillate, waver
- similar words:
- balk, equivocate, evade, fluctuate, haw, hem, hem and haw, scruple, skirt
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
lame or crippled people (prec. by the).
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