faltering
71hesitation — noun 1. indecision in speech or action (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑vacillation, ↑wavering • Derivationally related forms: ↑waver (for: ↑wavering), ↑vacillate …
72fal´ter|er — fal|ter «FL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to not go straight; lose courage; draw back or hesitate; waver: »The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell. SYNONYM(S): vacillate, flinch. See syn. under hesitate. (Cf. ↑hesitate) 2. to… …
73fal|ter — «FL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to not go straight; lose courage; draw back or hesitate; waver: »The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell. SYNONYM(S): vacillate, flinch. See syn. under hesitate. (Cf. ↑hesitate) 2. to become… …
74Brief — Brief, adv. 1. Briefly. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster] Adam, faltering long, thus answered brief. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Soon; quickly. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
75Falter — Fal ter, v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. [1913 Webster] And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron. [1913 Webster] Mde me most happy, faltering I am thine. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …
76Footstep — Foot step , n. 1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. [1913 Webster] How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. Bryant. [1913 Webster]… …
77Hesitancy — Hes i*tan*cy, n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.] 1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. [1913 Webster] 2. A stammering; a faltering in speech. [1913 Webster] …
78Hesitation — Hes i*ta tion, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. h[ e]sitation.] 1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. [1913 Webster] 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift. [1913 Webster] …
79hesitation — noun Date: 14th century 1. an act or instance of hesitating 2. a pausing or faltering in speech …
80bumble — I. intransitive verb (bumbled; bumbling) Etymology: Middle English bomblen to boom, of imitative origin Date: 15th century 1. buzz 2. drone, rumble II. verb (bumbled; bumbling) …
