Halting — synonyms, definition

1. halting (a)

awkward bumbling coarse crude gawky rough rude

2. halting (Noun)

blocking dawdling faltering hesitation hindering hindrance impeding obstruction opposition procrastination resistance stammering

3. halting (Adjective)

crippled game gimpy halt lame

halting (Adjective) — Disabled in the feet or legs.

halting (Adjective) — Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain. ex. "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"

4. halting (Verb)

arresting holding kiboshing stanching staunching stemming stopping

halting (Verb) — Cause to stop. ex. "Halt the engines" ex. "halt the presses"

halting (Verb) — Come to a halt, stop moving. ex. "the car halted"

halting (Verb) — Prevent from happening or developing. ex. "Halt the process"

halting (Verb) — Stop the flow of a liquid. ex. "halt the tide"

checking forbidding foreclosing forestalling precluding preventing stopping braking checking conking drawing up embargoing going off hauling up pulling up pulling up short reining reining in settling stalling staying