falter

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An unsteadiness.

   “Tom, who isn't paying much attention, is suddenly caught by the falter in his voice as he reads the two lines—”

2. fiil To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.

   “He found his legs falter.”

3. fiil To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

   “And here he faltered forth his last farewell.”

4. fiil To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.

   “Here indeed the power of distinctly conceiving of space and distance falters.”

5. fiil To stumble.
6. fiil To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).

   “And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.”

7. fiil To hesitate in purpose or action.

   “Ere her native king / Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.”

8. fiil To cleanse or sift, as barley.

   “Barley[…]clean falter'd from Hairs”