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stonewall

[ stohn-wawl ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in stonewalling.
  2. Cricket. (of a batsman) to play a defensive game, as by persistently blocking the ball instead of batting it for distance and runs.


verb (used with object)

  1. Informal. to block, stall, or resist intentionally:

    lobbying efforts to stonewall passage of the legislation.

  2. British. to obstruct (the passage of a legislative bill) in Parliament, especially by excessive or prolonged debate.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of stonewalling:

    a new round of stonewall tactics.

stonewall

/ ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl /

verb

  1. intr cricket (of a batsman) to play defensively
  2. to obstruct or hinder (parliamentary business)


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Derived Forms

  • ˌstoneˈwaller, noun

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Other Words From

  • stonewaller noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stonewall1

v. and adj. use of noun phrase stone wall

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Example Sentences

His nickname, given to him at the Battle of Gettysburg and which he kept for the rest of his life, was Stonewall Jim.

Excerpted from Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne.

The video makes clear the struggle for marriage equality in the context of the wider post-Stonewall gay civil rights movement.

By then, a revolution had begun with the 1969 riot at the mob-owned Stonewall Inn in New York.

Transgender people played an integral role at Stonewall, and we are due respect in our own extended community.

Their soldiers' confidence in Stonewall Jackson and Lee doubled the effective strength of their armies.

Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead.

This abode of the dead is known as the Stonewall Jackson cemetery, in honor of that brave and true-hearted soldier.

The rest of the night was spent in retailing for his instruction stories of the ways of Stonewall Jackson.

Among them was the brigade that a twelvemonth before won on yonder hill the proud sobriquet of Stonewall.

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