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halts

/hɑlts/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To limp; move with a limping gait.
  2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
  4. To waver.
  5. To falter.
  6. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
  7. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
  8. To stop marching.
  9. To stop either temporarily or permanently.
  10. To bring to a stop.
  11. To cause to discontinue.
  12. Lameness; a limp.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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