meaning of falters

1. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
2.
To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
3.
To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.
4.
To hesitate in purpose or action.
5.
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
6.
To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
7.
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
8.
the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his ">speech"


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