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Definition of stalls

noun:

• a farm building for housing horses or other livestock. Synonyms: horse barn, stable.
• a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed. Synonyms: stall.
• small area set off by walls for special use. Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk, stall.
• a booth where articles are displayed for sale. Synonyms: sales booth, stall, stand.
• 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". Synonyms: stall.
• seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater. Synonyms: stall.
• small individual study area in a library. Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall.
• a tactic used to mislead or delay. Synonyms: stall, stalling.

verb:

• postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days". Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall.
• come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway". Synonyms: conk, stall.
• deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling". Synonyms: stall.
• put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse". Synonyms: stall.
• experience a stall in flight, of airplanes. Synonyms: stall.
• cause an airplane to go into a stall. Synonyms: stall.
• cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car". Synonyms: stall.

Related words

confessional, newsstand, procrastinate, stonewalling, tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse.

Words nearby

stall.

Rhymes with

falls, schmalz.