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Quick definitions from WordNet (stall)
▸ noun: a tactic used to mislead or delay
▸ noun: a booth where articles are displayed for sale
▸ noun: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
▸ noun: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge ("The plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it")
▸ noun: small area set off by walls for special use
▸ noun: small individual study area in a library
▸ verb: put into, or keep in, a stall ("Stall the horse")
▸ verb: deliberately delay an event or action ("She doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling")
▸ verb: come to a stop ("The car stalled in the driveway")
▸ verb: cause an engine to stop ("The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")
▸ verb: cause an airplane to go into a stall
▸ verb: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
▸ verb: postpone doing what one should be doing
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12513)
▸ Also see stalls
▸ Word origin
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▸ Idioms related to stall (New!)
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▸ Rhymes of stall
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▸ noun: a tactic used to mislead or delay
▸ noun: a booth where articles are displayed for sale
▸ noun: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
▸ noun: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge ("The plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it")
▸ noun: small area set off by walls for special use
▸ noun: small individual study area in a library
▸ verb: put into, or keep in, a stall ("Stall the horse")
▸ verb: deliberately delay an event or action ("She doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling")
▸ verb: come to a stop ("The car stalled in the driveway")
▸ verb: cause an engine to stop ("The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")
▸ verb: cause an airplane to go into a stall
▸ verb: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
▸ verb: postpone doing what one should be doing
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12513)
▸ Also see stalls
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to stall
▸ Usage examples for stall
▸ Idioms related to stall (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing stall
▸ Words that often appear near stall
▸ Rhymes of stall
▸ Invented words related to stall