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balter

/bˈɔltɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
bal-ter
IPA
/bˈɔltɚ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tumble; dance clumsily.

Intransitive verb

verb

To become tangled or matted.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To tread down in a clumsy manner.

Transitive verb

verb

To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair).

British usage; Transitive verb

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

From Middle English balteren, of North Germanic origin, related to Danish baltre, boltre (“to roll, tumble, gambol, romp”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: balteren, -, Balter

Usage

Inflected Forms

balters (present, singular) baltering (participle, present) baltered (participle, past) baltered (past) baulter (alternative) bolter (alternative) bauter (alternative) Balters (plural)

Rhymes With

walter alter altar gibraltar falter halter salter psalter defaulter malter saulter stalter

Questions

How do you pronounce balter?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɔltɚ/.
What does balter mean?
To tumble; dance clumsily.
Where does balter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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