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/hˈɔltɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Halt v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

Halt v. i. (past & past part. halted; pres. part. halting)

To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. "How long halt ye between two opinions?"

Halt v. i.

To walk lamely; to limp.

To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. "The blank verse shall halt for it."

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Etymology of 'Halting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Halting" Quotes from Famous Books

... once more the counsellors at the palace, as they still are, as in the times when Carlos II. concocted his military and political plans with a council of theologians. We have had false revolutions which have dethroned people, but not ideas. It is true we have advanced a little, but timidly, with halting footsteps and disorderly retreats, like one who advances fearfully, and suddenly, at the slightest noise, rushes back to the point of departure. The transformation has been more exterior than interior. The minds of the people are still in the seventeenth century; they still feel the fear and cowardice ...

— The Shadow of the Cathedral • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... five minutes without moving an eyelash. Then his first lesson ebbed away. He sidled out into the path again, came towards me two dainty, halting steps, and stamped prettily with his left fore foot. He was a young buck, and had that trick of stamping without any instruction. It is an old, old ruse to make you move, to startle you by the sound ...

— Types of Children's Literature • Edited by Walter Barnes

... lay me——" he began softly, halting over the unfamiliar words. Lylda's fingers stroked his brown curly head as it nestled against her knees; the firelight shone golden in ...

— The Girl in the Golden Atom • Raymond King Cummings

... grew smaller as he progressed toward its source. At length it was lost in a swale of high, rank grass, and the blazed trail led on through heavy pine woods. At noon he reached the crest of the divide, and, halting upon an open, rocky eminence, he gazed down over a green and black forest, slow-descending to a great irregular park that was his ...

— The Mysterious Rider • Zane Grey

... of cinders loomed up on each side, with the high shafts of the collieries towering above them. Huddled groups of mean, wooden houses, the windows of which were beginning to outline themselves in light, were scattered here and there along the line, and the frequent halting places were crowded with ...

— The Valley of Fear • Arthur Conan Doyle

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