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Stall   /stɔl/   Listen
Stall

noun
1.
A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.
2.
Small area set off by walls for special use.  Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk.
3.
A booth where articles are displayed for sale.  Synonyms: sales booth, stand.
4.
A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge.
5.
Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater.
6.
Small individual study area in a library.  Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle.
7.
A tactic used to mislead or delay.  Synonym: stalling.
verb
(past & past part. stalled; pres. part. stalling)
1.
Postpone doing what one should be doing.  Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally.
2.
Come to a stop.  Synonym: conk.
3.
Deliberately delay an event or action.
4.
Put into, or keep in, a stall.
5.
Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes.
6.
Cause an airplane to go into a stall.
7.
Cause an engine to stop.



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"Stall" Quotes from Famous Books



... dear Prince! I shall not eat my bread Of stranger hands, nor to strange stall be led. Take thy right hand, and place it ...
— Indian Fairy Tales • Collected by Joseph Jacobs
... not necessary. O'Malley and Sim were going straight down the line of planes, their guns blasting flame and lead. The target was so narrow that Stan had to stall and slip a bit to drop behind in order to get ...
— A Yankee Flier Over Berlin • Al Avery
... There was no doubt of that; and what did the monster do but finish by clapping his tail into his mouth, and then he lay just like a big codfish on a fishmonger's stall. It was a fashion we concluded he had when he wished to bask in the sun, but a very inconvenient ...
— Marmaduke Merry - A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days • William H. G. Kingston
... out when we left our stall; Rose up, went out, and vanished in the night. He always sits beside me in that hall, But goes when goes the ...
— Yesterdays • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... won't argue that now," said Murtha affably. In his manner was something suggestive of the cat that has caught the king of the rats. A tremendous satisfaction radiated from him. "You can stall some people, son, but you can't stall me. I've got you and I've got the goods on you—that's sufficient. But before you and me glide down out of here together and start for the front office I'd like to talk a little with ...
— From Place to Place • Irvin S. Cobb


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