verb

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.

verb

1. To stop marching.

2. To stop either temporarily or permanently.

3. To bring to a stop.

Synonyms: freeze, immobilize, break off, shut down, stop, terminate, brake, desist

noun

1. The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.

Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess

adjective

1. Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

   “her halting steps”