1. Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain
   "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"
    
2. [archaic] Disabled in the feet or legs
   "The injured horse had a halting gait";
   - halt [archaic], lame, gimpy [N. Amer, informal], game [informal]

1. Come to a halt, cease moving
   "the car halted";
   - stop
    
2. Cause to come to an abrupt stop
   "Halt the engines"; "halt the presses";
   - hold, arrest
    
3. Prevent from happening or developing
   "Halt the process";
   - stop, block, kibosh [informal], kybosh [informal]
    
4. Stop the flow of a liquid
   "halt the tide";
   - stem, stanch [N. Amer], staunch

See also: broken, unfit

Type of: alter, change, check, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, stop, vary

Antonym: get going

Encyclopedia: Halt