To wait or hold back.
To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled.
The situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.
To halt something temporarily.
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
To hang freely; underhang.
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.