stall

Meanings

• a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
• small area set off by walls for special use
• a booth where articles are displayed for sale
• 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
• small individual study area in a library
• a tactic used to mislead or delay
• postpone doing what one should be doing
• 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"

Synonyms

booth, carrel, carrell, conk, cubicle, dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, kiosk, procrastinate, sales booth, shillyshally, stalling, stand