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Falter

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

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Hesitate 76% connected

To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pause 76% connected

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Waffle 76% connected

A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Waver 76% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hesitate 74% connected

To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hesitate 74% connected

To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stutter 74% connected

To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stutter 74% connected

To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stutterer 74% connected

One who stutters; a stammerer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stutterer 74% connected

One who stutters; a stammerer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Waver 74% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Waver 74% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Bumble 92% connected

The bittern.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Faltering 92% connected

of Falter

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hesitation 92% connected

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stammer 92% connected

To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stumble 92% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stutter 92% connected

To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Waver 92% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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