Faltering: alternatives and connections

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

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

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A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.