Definition
• | To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. |
• | To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters. |
• | To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. |
• | To hesitate in purpose or action. |
• | To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. |
• | To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. |
• | Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. |