"balter" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: balters [present, singular, third-person], baltering [participle, present], baltered [participle, past], baltered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English balteren, of North Germanic origin, related to Danish baltre, boltre (“to roll, tumble, gambol, romp”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|balteren}} Middle English balteren, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|da|baltre}} Danish baltre, {{m|da|boltre||to roll, tumble, gambol, romp}} boltre (“to roll, tumble, gambol, romp”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} balter (third-person singular simple present balters, present participle baltering, simple past and past participle baltered)
  1. (intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-balter-en-verb-74JGIL6f Disambiguation of Dance: 55 6 27 12
  2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To become tangled or matted. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-balter-en-verb-4~z1Zdwn Categories (other): British English
  3. (transitive) To tread down in a clumsy manner. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-balter-en-verb-cyacGSEd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 15 48 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 23 40 17
  4. (transitive, UK dialectal) To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair). Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-balter-en-verb-SMx58hXX Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: baulter, bolter, bauter

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|noun form}} balter
  1. indefinite plural of balt Tags: form-of, indefinite, plural Form of: balt
    Sense id: en-balter-sv-noun-y8P~9MON Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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