intransitive verb
- to move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble
- to stumble in speech; speak haltingly; stammer
- to act hesitantly; show uncertainty; waver; flinch: to falter under enemy fire
- to lose strength, certainty, etc.; weaken: the economy faltered
Origin:
ME faltren, prob. < ON, as in faltra(sk), be uncertain
transitive verb
to say hesitantly or timidly