English-Thai Dictionary

falter

VI ขาดความมั่นใจ  ลังเล  รีรอ  hesitate decide kad-kwam-man-jai

 

falter

VI พูด ตะกุกตะกัก  พูด เสียงสั่น  พูด อ้ำอึ้ง  พูด ละล่ำละลัก  pud-ta-kuk-ta-kak

 

falter

VI เดิน สะดุด  เดินโซเซ  เดิน ตัวสั่น  stagger stumble doen-sa-dud

 

falter

VT พูด ตะกุกตะกัก  พูด เสียงสั่น  พูด อ้ำอึ้ง  พูด ละล่ำละลัก  pud-ta-kuk-ta-kak

 

falter out

PHRV พูด ออกมา อย่าง ตะกุกตะกัก  พูด อ้ำอึ้ง  phud-ook-ma-yang-ta-kuk-ta-kak

 

faltering

A ที่ เดิน สะดุด โซเซ  ที่ ตะกุกตะกัก อ้ำๆ อึ้งๆ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FALTER

v.i.[L. fallo, the primary sense of which is to fall short, or to err, to miss, to deviate. ] 1. To hesitate, fail or break in the utterance of words; to speak with a broken or trembling utterance; to stammer. His tongue falters. He speaks with a faltering tongue. He falters at the question.
2. To fail, tremble or yield in exertion; not to be firm and steady. His legs falter.
3. To fail in the regular exercise of the understanding. We observe idiots to falter.

 

FALTER

v.t.To sift. [Not in use. ]

 

FALTERING

ppr. Hesitating; speaking with a feeble, broken, trembling utterance; failing.

 

FALTERING

n.Feebleness; deficiency.

 

FALTERINGLY

adv. With hesitation; with a trembling, broken voice; with difficulty or feebleness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FALTER

FALTER Fal "ter, v. t.

 

Defn: To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

FALTER

Fal "ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Faltering. ]Etym: [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault. See Fault, v. & n.]

 

1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters. With faltering speech and visage incomposed. Milton.

 

2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs falter. " Wiseman.

 

3. To hesitate in purpose or action. Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. Shak.

 

4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. I. Taylor.

 

FALTER

FALTER Fal "ter, v. t.

 

Defn: To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron. Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine. " Tennyson.

 

FALTER

Fal "ter, n. Etym: [See Falter, v. i.]

 

Defn: Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. Lowell.

 

FALTERING

FALTERING Fal "ter *ing, a.

 

Defn: Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech. " Milton. -- n.

 

Defn: Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal "ter *ing *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

falter

fal ter |ˈfôltər ˈfɔltər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] start to lose strength or momentum: her smile faltered and then faded | (as adj. faltering ) : his faltering career. • speak in a hesitant or unsteady voice: [ with direct speech ] : “I c-c-can't,” he faltered. • move unsteadily or in a way that shows lack of confidence: he faltered and finally stopped in midstride. DERIVATIVES fal ter er noun, fal ter ing ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘stammer ’ and ‘stagger ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

falter

falter |ˈfɔːltə, ˈfɒl -| ▶verb [ no obj. ] lose strength or momentum: the music faltered, stopped, and started up again | (as adj. faltering ) : his faltering career. • speak hesitantly: [ with direct speech ] : ‘A-Adam?’ he faltered. • move unsteadily or hesitantly: he faltered and finally stopped in mid-stride. DERIVATIVES falterer noun, falteringly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘stammer ’ and ‘stagger ’): perhaps from the verb fold 1 (which was occasionally used of the faltering of the legs or tongue ) + -ter as in totter .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

falter

falter verb 1 the government faltered: hesitate, delay, drag one's feet, stall; waver, vacillate, waffle, be indecisive, be irresolute, blow hot and cold, hem and haw; informal sit on the fence, dilly-dally, shilly-shally. 2 she faltered over his name: stammer, stutter, stumble; hesitate, flounder. 3 the economy was faltering: struggle, stumble, flounder, founder, be in difficulty.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

falter

falter verb 1 when war seemed imminent the government faltered: hesitate, delay, drag one's feet, stall, think twice, get cold feet, change one's mind, waver, oscillate, fluctuate, vacillate, be undecided, be indecisive, be irresolute, see-saw, yo-yo; Brit. haver, hum and haw; informal sit on the fence, dilly-dally, shilly-shally, pussyfoot around, blow hot and cold; rare tergiversate. 2 she faltered over his name: stammer, stutter, stumble, speak haltingly, hesitate, pause, halt, splutter, flounder, blunder, fumble.

 

Duden Dictionary

Falter

Fal ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |F a lter |der Falter; Genitiv: des Falters, Plural: die Falter über mundartliche Formen zu mittelhochdeutsch vīvalter, althochdeutsch fīfaltra; verdoppelnde Bildung zu flattern 1 Schmetterling, besonders Nachtfalter 2 österreichisch Faltblatt, Faltprospekt

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

falter

fal ter /fɔ́ːltə r /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 自動詞 1 (自信 集中力を失って ) «…に » ためらう, しり込みする ; 決心がにぶる (hesitate ) «at » ▸ Yuka faltered momentarily but quickly recovered .由香は一瞬ひるんだが, すばやく立ち直った 2 (自信を失い, 気が動転して )口ごもる, どもる ; 〈声が 〉つかえる, 震える ▸ I tried to say something, but faltered .何か言おうとしたが, 口ごもってしまった 3 〈人が 〉自信 [やる気 ]がなくなる ; 勇気がくじける; 〈勇気 決心などが 〉くじける .4 〈人が 〉よろける, ふらつく .5 〈商売などが 〉調子が悪くなる; 〈人気などが 〉弱くなる, 衰える .他動詞 …をどもる ; … をためらいながら言う (out ).名詞 C ためらい ; よろめき ; 口ごもり (の声 ).

 

faltering

f á l ter ing 形容詞 ためらいがちの ; よろついた .～ly 副詞 ためらい [よろめき, 口ごもり ]ながら .