halting

Other forms of halting

comparative

haltinger·

superlative

haltingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about halting

What does halting mean?

halting means "disabled in the feet or legs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in halting?

halting has 2 syllables: hal-ting. The stress falls on "hal". In IPA it is /ˈhɔltɪŋ/.

What is another word for halting?

Close synonyms include crippled, halt, lame, gimpy, game. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is halting a common word?

halting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.