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halt
/hɑlt/
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What does halt mean?
noun
- Acronym of hungry, angry, lonely, (or) tired.
More meanings (14)
verb
- (obsolete) To limp; move with a limping gait.
- (obsolete) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- (obsolete) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- (obsolete) To waver.
- (obsolete) To falter.
- (obsolete) To stop marching.
- (obsolete) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- (obsolete) To bring to a stop.
- (obsolete) To cause to discontinue.
noun
- (obsolete) A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
- (obsolete) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
- (dated, obsolete) Lameness; a limp.
- (obsolete) A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.
adjective
- (archaic, obsolete) Lame, limping.
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IPA pronunciation
/hɑlt/
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This delay and the halt at the Carrefour Rollin to consult with his agents came near causing him to lose the trail.
The Scotch half-breed called a halt and took him out of the team, making the next dog, Sol-leks, fast to the sled.
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Upon this they made an halt, for they doubted not but now the enemy would attack them, because they were so few.
According to the general regulation, the apire is not allowed to halt for breath, except the mine is six hundred feet deep.
One of the rear guard had again turned to halt us, but this time where he and his surroundings could be seen.