- (v.&n.) To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (v.&n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
- (v.t.) To utter with hesitation or in a broken, trembling or weak manner.
- (v.&n.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
- (v.t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (v.&n.) To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.
- (v.i.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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