Falter means ‘to hesitate or waver in action, purpose,or intent’ or, if we are talking about someone’s voice or speech ‘to be unsteady or wavering.’ Also,..
Muck can be dirt or filth or something of poor quality. We have other meanings to tell you about, including what it means to “muck something up” or to “muck in.”
A clam is a soft-bodied edible shellfish with two connected shells. Informally, a very silent and secretive person can be called a clam. As a slang term in the US, a clam is a dollar, though this is now a bit dated. As a verb, mainly used in US English, to clam means ‘to dig for or gather…
A click, you might know, is a sharp sound. The related verb means ‘to make such a sound’ and, informally and figuratively, ‘to become suddenly understood or clear.’ Figuratively if things click, it means that they go well together or if two people click, it means that they…
As an uncountable noun, toil is hard and exhausting work or, by extension, the result of such work. As a countable noun, it is a period of intensive work or a task requiring hard work. The verb to toil means ‘to engage in continuous hard work,’ but it can also mean…
