Overview of noun stall

The noun stall has 7 senses

• stall -- (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)


• booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk -- (small area set off by walls for special use)


• stall, stand, sales booth -- (a booth where articles are displayed for sale)


• stall -- (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")


• stall -- (seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater)


• carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall -- (small individual study area in a library)


• stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay)

Overview of verb stall

The verb stall has 7 senses

• procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days")


• stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway")


• stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling")


• stall -- (put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse")


• stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)


• stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall)


• stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")