Falter (8)
'falter' is the definition.
(I know that falter can be written as stumble)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for stumble that I've seen before include "Fall while walking or running" , "Trip and lose one's balance" , "Trip and nearly fall" , "Lose one's footing" , "Miss a step and risk falling" .)
'falter' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dither that I've seen before include "'Vacillate, hesitate (6)'" , "Tremble - be undecided" , "Be indecisive, hesitate" , "Be in two minds" , "perturbation" .)
'falter' is the definition.
(I know that falter is a more specific form of the action hesitate)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for hesitate that I've seen before include "Stall" , "Dither indecisively" , "Pause in doubt, show uncertainty" , "To do so is to be lost, they say" , "Pause, think twice" .)