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- [stawl]
- /stɔl/
- /stɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stawl]
- /stɔl/
Definitions of stall word
- noun stall a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive. 1
- noun stall Underworld Slang. the member of a pickpocket's team who distracts the victim long enough for the theft to take place. Compare wire (def 11). 1
- noun stall Sports. slowdown (def 3). 1
- verb with object stall to delay or put off, especially by evasion or deception (often followed by off): He stalled the police for 15 minutes so his accomplice could get away. 1
- verb without object stall to delay, especially by evasion or deception. 1
- verb without object stall Sports. to prolong holding the ball as a tactic to prevent the opponent from scoring, as when one's team has the lead. Compare freeze (def 31). 1
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Origin of stall
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English steall; cognate with German Stall, Old Norse stallr; akin to Old English stellan, German stellen to put, place
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Parts of speech for Stall
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stall popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stall usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stall
noun stall
- accessory — Accessories are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but which can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative.
- accomplice — Someone's accomplice is a person who helps them to commit a crime.
- alibi — If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
- amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
verb stall
- act up — If something is acting up, it is not working properly.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
Antonyms for stall
verb stall
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
noun stall
- hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
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