n. the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"

adj. unsteady in speech or action

n. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

n. (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

n. habitual relapse into crime

adj. fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"

adj. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

adj. unable to speak freely and easily

adj. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"

adj. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"

adj. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"

adj. shining unsteadily

adj. having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices"

adj. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"

adj. having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart"

adj. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"

adj. "a quaking bog"

adj. (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily; "a low-pitched wobbling sound"

adj. containing flint