stall
/stoːl/noun, verb1 syllable
Stall means: postpone doing what one should be doing.
Synonyms for stall23
noun, as in small area set off by walls for special use
noun, as in small individual study area in a library
noun, as in a booth where articles are displayed for sale
noun, as in a tactic used to mislead or delay
verb, as in postpone doing what one should be doing
verb, as in come to a stop
What does stall mean?14
verb
postpone doing what one should be doing“He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days”
come to a stop“The car stalled in the driveway”
deliberately delay an event or action“she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling”
put into, or keep in, a stall“Stall the horse”
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
cause an airplane to go into a stall
cause an engine to stop“The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car”
noun
small area set off by walls for special use
small individual study area in a library
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
a tactic used to mislead or delay
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
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”
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with stall?24
Stall in a sentence
- Elias rushed out of the toilet stall, passed the security guard and ran away.Amastan
- The negotiations stalled, resulting in a tense stalemate.CK
- I bought this old clock at an antique stall in the market.CM
- You may not set up a roadside stall without prior notice.CM
- Paul checked the stall to see that it was unoccupied.Amastan
- The horse never refuses to gallop to its stall.AlanF_US
- Leon crawled under the sidewall into the next stall.Amastan
- Bruno left because he had no permit for a fruit stall.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of stall
as a noun
- plural
- stalls
as a verb
- past tense
- stalled
- present participle
- stalling
- third-person singular
- stalls
- past participle
- stalled