STALL

Definition:

1. [noun] a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
   
   
2. [noun] small area set off by walls for special use
   Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk
   
   
3. [noun] a booth where articles are displayed for sale
   Synonyms: stand, sales booth
   
   
4. [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"
   
   
5. [noun] small individual study area in a library
   Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle
   
   
6. [noun] a tactic used to mislead or delay
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
7. [verb] postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
   Synonyms: procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
   
   
8. [verb] come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
   Synonyms: conk
   
   
9. [verb] deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
   
   
10. [verb] put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
    
    
11. [verb] experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
    
    
12. [verb] cause an airplane to go into a stall
    
    
13. [verb] cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
    
    

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Related Words:

• procrastinate
• confessional
• polling booth
• prompt box, prompter's box
• shower stall, shower bath
• telephone booth, phone booth, call box, telephone box, telephone kiosk
• tollbooth, tolbooth, tollhouse
• voting booth
• coffee stall
• newsstand
• stonewalling

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