Hesitate - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 25/01/2024

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hesitate.

4 letter answer(s) to hesitate

BALK
  1. an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
  2. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
  3. refuse to comply
  4. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  5. the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

6 letter answer(s) to hesitate

FALTER
  1. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
  2. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  3. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
  4. the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
  5. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

3 letter answer(s) to hesitate

HAW
  1. a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
  2. the nictitating membrane of a horse
  3. utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"
HEM
  1. fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; "hem my skirt"
  2. the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down; "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket"
  3. the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
  4. utter `hem' or `ahem'

5 letter answer(s) to hesitate

PAUSE
  1. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
  2. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
  3. temporary inactivity
WAVER
  1. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
  2. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
  3. hesitate
  4. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
  5. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  6. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
  7. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
  8. someone who communicates by waving
  9. sway to and fro
  10. the act of moving back and forth
  11. the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"

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