Definitions
1.verbTo limp; move with a limping gait.
2.verbTo stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
3.verbTo be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
4.verbTo waver.
5.verbTo falter.
6.verbTo stop marching.
7.verbTo stop either temporarily or permanently.
8.verbTo bring to a stop.
9.verbTo cause to discontinue."The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."
10.nounThe action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
11.adjectiveProne to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken."her halting steps"