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;
  • 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"
  • STALL v -ED, -ING, -S to stop the progress of


Scrabble Score: 5

stall is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

stall is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

stall is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

stall is a valid Words With Friends word