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Showing words for HALTING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Halting

althing, halting, lathing, thingal

6 Letter Words for Halting

aglint, alight, anight, athing, haglin, haling, hating

5 Letter Words for Halting

ahing, ahint, algin, align, altin, anigh, ating, ghain, giant, glint, haint, hiant, laigh, laith, langi, lathi, latin, liang, ligan, light, linga, linha, naght, night, tahil, tahin, tangi, thagi, thing, tiang

4 Letter Words for Halting

agin, agit, agni, aint, aith, alin, anil, anti, atli, gail, gain, gait, gali, galt, gant, gath, ghat, gila, gilt, gith, glia, glit, gnat, hagi, hail, hain, hait, halt, hang, hani, hant, hila, hilt, hing, hint, ilth, inga, inta, intl, ital, lain, lait, lang, lant, lath, lati, lgth, lina, ling, lint, lith, nagi, naig, nail, natl, ngai, nigh, taig, tail, tain, tali, tang, tanh, thai, than, thig, thin, ting

3 Letter Words for Halting

agt, ahi, ail, ain, ait, alg, aln, alt, ant, gal, gan, gat, gin, git, glt, hag, han, hat, hgt, hia, hin, hit, ign, ing, int, ita, lag, lah, lai, lan, lat, lig, lin, lit, nag, nah, nat, nig, nil, nit, nth, tag, tai, tal, tan, tgn, tha, tig, til, tin, tln, tng

Definitions for Halting

[1] faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
[2] faulty or imperfect.
[3] limping or lame: a halting gait.
[4] to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily: They halted for lunch and strolled about.
[5] to cause to stop temporarily or permanently; bring to a stop: They halted operations during contract negotiations.
[6] a temporary or permanent stop.
[7] (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a fleeing suspect.)
[8] to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
[9] to be in doubt; waver between alternatives; vacillate.
[10] Archaic . to be lame; walk lamely; limp.
[11] Archaic . lame; limping.
[12] Archaic . lameness; a limp.
[13] (used with a plural verb ) lame people, especially severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the ): the halt and the blind.
[14] hesitant halting speech
[15] lame
[16] an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress
[17] mainly British a minor railway station, without permanent buildings
[18] call a halt to put an end (to something); stop
[19] a command to halt, esp as an order when marching
[20] to come or bring to a halt
[21] (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective
[22] to waver or be unsure
[23] archaic to be lame
[24] archaic lame (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the halt
[25] archaic lameness

Words related to Halting

clumsy, labored, awkward, tentative, stumbling, bumbling, vacillating, lumbering, slow, wavering, faltering, doubtful, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, maladroit, uncertain, wooden

Words nearby Halting

halsted's operation, halsted's suture, halt, halter, haltere, halting, haltom city, halton, halton hills, halutz, halvah

Origin of Halting

2before 900; Middle English; Old English healt; cognate with Old High German halz, Old Norse haltr, Gothic halts, akin to Latin clādēs damage, loss

Other words from Halting

halt·ing·ly , adverb
halt·ing·ness , noun
un·halt·ing , adjective
un·halt·ing·ly , adverb
halt·less , adjective

Word origin for Halting

Old English healt lame; related to Old Norse haltr, Old High German halz lame, Greek kólos maimed, Old Slavonic kladivo hammer

Synonyms for Halting

awkward, clumsy, labored, stumbling, tentative, bumbling, faltering, limping, lumbering, slow, stammering, stuttering, vacillating, wavering, claudicant, doubtful, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, maladroit, uncertain, unhandy, vacillatory, wooden