stall has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

The fact that Jess 's horse had not been returned to its stall could indicate that Diane 's information had been wrong , but Curt did n't interpret it this way .

Reaching across the side of the stall , he slapped the buckskin on the rump .

The startled animal let_out a terrified squeal and thrashed around in the stall .

He slapped the buckskin again and it kicked wildly , its hoofs rattling the side of the stall .

As he crossed to_the side of the stall , Curt drew his gun and clicked back the hammer .

Related terms

compartment stable

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[ noun ] small area set off by walls for special use

Synonyms

booth kiosk cubicle

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

His head hung over the boards of Katie 's stall ; before it was sprawled the mangled corpse of the bearded stranger .

Drenched and shaking , he stood near the sweet-smelling stall and dared to pat her muzzle .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Monsieur_Favre sat_down in his high-backed stall , lips compressed , eyes glinting .

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[ noun ] (business) a booth where articles are displayed for sale

Synonyms

stand sales_booth

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Adam watched his own hands make the caressing , anxious movement that , when rain falls and nobody comes , and ruin draws_close like a cat rubbing against the ankles , has been the ritual of stall vendors , forever .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

At_the_same_time he started walking the streets , peering at the people passing or shopping_at the stalls , storing up fresh impressions of what they looked_like , how they moved .

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[ verb ] postpone doing what one should be doing

Examples

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

Used in print

(The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)

In going_away Debonnie got_behind several lengths , stalling at_the_start - she is a_little fussy .

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[ verb ] come to a stop

Synonyms

conk

Examples

"The car stalled in the driveway"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

The education bill appears to be temporarily stalled in the Rules_Committee , where two Northern Democratic members who usually vote with the Administration are balking because of the religious controversy .

Related terms

stop driving

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[ verb ] deliberately delay an event or action

Examples

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

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

I stalled him off .

Related terms

delay

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[ verb ] cause an airplane to go into a stall

Related terms

stop air_travel

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[ verb ] cause an engine to stop

Examples

"The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

Related terms

stop

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[ verb ] put into, or keep in, a stall

Examples

"Stall the horse"

Related terms

shelter

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[ verb ] experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

Related terms

stop air_travel

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[ noun ] a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

Examples

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

Related terms

malfunction

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12513
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[ noun ] small individual study area in a library

Related terms

alcove library

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[ noun ] a tactic used to mislead or delay

Synonyms

stalling

Related terms

obstruction stonewalling

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