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Meaning of halting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

halting

verb

Definitions

  1. To limp; move with a limping gait.

  2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

  3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

  4. To waver.

verb

Definitions

  1. To stop marching.

  2. To stop either temporarily or permanently.

  3. To bring to a stop.

  4. To cause to discontinue.

    Example: The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

noun

Definitions

  1. The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

    Example: her halting steps