Definitions for stall

Definitions for (noun) stall

Main entry: stall, stalling

Definition: a tactic used to mislead or delay


Main entry: booth, stall, kiosk, cubicle

Definition: small area set off by walls for special use


Main entry: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall

Definition: small individual study area in a library


Main entry: stall, stand, sales booth

Definition: a booth where articles are displayed for sale


Main entry: stall

Definition: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed


Main entry: stall

Definition: seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater


Main entry: stall

Definition: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

Usage: the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it


Definitions for (verb) stall

Main entry: stall

Definition: deliberately delay an event or action

Usage: she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling


Main entry: stall, conk

Definition: come to a stop

Usage: The car stalled in the driveway


Main entry: stall

Definition: cause an engine to stop

Usage: The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car


Main entry: stall

Definition: cause an airplane to go into a stall


Main entry: stall

Definition: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes


Main entry: stall

Definition: put into, or keep in, a stall

Usage: Stall the horse


Main entry: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall, procrastinate

Definition: postpone doing what one should be doing

Usage: He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days


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