1 [V] to become weaker or less effective:
The economy shows no signs of faltering. * Her courage never faltered.
2 to speak in a way that shows that you are not confident:
[V] His voice faltered as he began his speech. [also Vspeech]
3 [V] to walk or behave in a way that shows that you are not confident:
She walked up to the platform without faltering. * He never faltered in his commitment to the party.
faltering adjective:
the faltering peace talks * the baby's first faltering steps
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for falter is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is falter a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, falter is tagged as verb.
Does falter appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — falter appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
