stall
Nouns
- (n) a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- (n) small area set off by walls for special use kiosk, booth, cubicle,
- (n) a booth where articles are displayed for sale sales booth, stand,
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(n) 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
- (n) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
- (n) small individual study area in a library carrell, carrel, cubicle,
- (n) a tactic used to mislead or delay stalling,
Verbs
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(v) postpone doing what one should be doing
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
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(v) come to a stop
- The car stalled in the driveway
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(v) deliberately delay an event or action
- she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
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(v) put into, or keep in, a stall
- Stall the horse
- (v) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- (v) cause an airplane to go into a stall
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(v) cause an engine to stop
- The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car