halting
adj.
including frequent stops; term which means disabled in walking; crippled (offensive term)
halt
v.
stop, pause; cause to stop; hesitate, be uncertain
halting
Adjective
1. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
(synonym) crippled, halt, lame, game
(similar) unfit
2. fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few broken words of sorrow"
(similar) broken
halt
Noun
1. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
(synonym) arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
(hypernym) inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
(hyponym) countercheck
(derivation) stop
2. the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
(synonym) stop
(hypernym) ending, conclusion, finish
(hyponym) cessation, surcease
(derivation) stem, stanch, staunch
3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
(synonym) freeze
(hypernym) pause
(derivation) stop, block, kibosh
Verb
1. cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
(synonym) hold, arrest
(hypernym) stop
(derivation) stop
2. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
(synonym) stop
(hyponym) go off
(derivation) arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
3. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
(synonym) stop, block, kibosh
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
(hyponym) embargo
(derivation) freeze
4. stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
(synonym) stem, stanch, staunch
(hypernym) check
(derivation) stop
Adjective
1. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
(synonym) crippled, halting, lame, game
(similar) unfit
Halting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halt
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hail
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Paseah
passing over; halting
Zelah
rib; side; halting
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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halting
lathing