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stall

[stawl]

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noun

a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.

a stable or shed for horses or cattle.

a booth or stand in which merchandise is displayed for sale, or in which some business is carried on (sometimes used in combination): a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

carrel (def. 1).

one of a number of fixed enclosed seats in the choir or chancel of a church for the use of the clergy.

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a pew.

any small compartment or booth for a specific activity or housing a specific thing: a shower stall.

a rectangular space marked off or reserved for parking a car or other vehicle, as in a parking lot.

an instance or the condition of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or by overloading it.

10.

Aeronautics. an instance or the condition of causing an airplane to fly at an angle of attack greater than the angle of maximum lift, causing loss of control and a downward spin. Compare critical angle (def. 2).

11.

a protective covering for a finger or toe, as various guards and sheaths or one finger of a glove.

12.

British. a chairlike seat in a theater, separated from others by arms or rails, especially one in the front section of the parquet.

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verb (used with object)

13.

to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car.

14.

to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle.

15.

to cause (a motor or the vehicle it powers) to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or overloading it.

16.

Aeronautics.

to put (an airplane) into a stall.

to lose control of or crash (an airplane) from so doing.

17.

to bring to a standstill; check the progress or motion of, especially unintentionally.

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18.

to cause to stick fast, as in mire or snow.

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verb (used without object)

19.

(of an engine, car, airplane, etc.) to be stalled or go through the process of stalling (sometimes followed by out).

20.

to come to a standstill; be brought to a stop.

21.

to stick fast, as in mire.

22.

to occupy a stall, as an animal.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English steall; cognate with German Stall, Old Norse stallr; akin to Old English stellan, German stellen to put, place

Related forms

stall-like, adjective

Example Sentences

Brutus sleeps in a back corner, in a stall with a window view of the neighbors' courtyard.

Flying too close to the stall speed is only half the problem.

Your dog has an affinity for licking the shower stall.

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Brutus sleeps in a back corner, in a stall with a window view of the neighbors' courtyard.

Flying too close to the stall speed is only half the problem.

Your dog has an affinity for licking the shower stall.

But several barriers are likely to stall the process.

In front of the stall is a red wagon pulled by two horses.

Early but intriguing research on mice suggests a new mechanism of aging, and possibly a way to stall it.

My contractor installed the wrong color wall tile in the shower stall of one of the bathrooms.

Even the plainclothes police keeping an eye on things from the tea stall across the street look more alert.

We've also included double pen stall on the left sleeve.

Hot air rises, vents out the top of the shower stall and sucks cooler air in from the bottom.

They made a few unusual maneuvers while they were up there, including flying sideways and inducing stall warnings.

Finally, insurers should stall for much longer before they pay claims.

Language skills will also boost your confidence to bargain at a market stall or order at a neighborhood restaurant.

On the front of each stall is an information plate with the horse's name and progenitors.

The upshot, presumably, is that paid click revenue could decline or stall in the first quarter.

With heavy state-sponsorship, the new airline risks putting the industry's much-needed restructuring into a stall.

By then, they were well primed to soak up the fantastic new music that was bursting from every bar and record stall in the city.

Whether their efforts to move to second gear stall or succeed remains to be seen.

Toggling between features often causes menu to temporarily stall.

Now, some religious leaders in the developing world are worried that the progress they have made with the bank may stall.

Many men were needed to lift this rescued two-year-old into her stall.

Instead, it's domestic expectations that stall their careers.

But this improvement may stall has it begins to bump against the large and growing bloc of long-term jobless workers.

Clad in grimy shorts and scuffed wing tips-nothing else-he was hawking boiled eggs from a roadside stall.

But what online relationships are good for is to stall the decay of a relationship.

But if neither side reveals the concessions it is prepared to make, negotiations can stall or collapse.

At the tourist market, even the stall owners pitched in to drag an abandoned boat off the shore.

Regulatory wrangling between different government agencies can also stall projects.

But the danger of a stall or a crash is ever present.

More timely signs suggest that the economy could stall in this quarter.

If you're stuck with a multiuser setup, stake out the handicapped stall.

When aimed at another vehicle, it causes that vehicle's engine to stall.

He entered the animal's stall during the afternoon.

Life for advanced graduate students is inherently isolating-and that isolation can easily stall a dissertation.

Recent testing includes stall testing where artificial ice is attached to the wings as well as tests of the auto land system.

India is planning a major reduction in imported oil this year, a move that will stall economic advancement.

We think people were waiting to see if it would stall again so they could rob.

Taking ten years to figure out what sound to put on an electric car is another stall tacticprobably from.

The project might stall if it started to hurt the business.

Distribution networks can be as simple as a stall in the street, or a shop on the other side of the world.

And no concern has been expressed for getting some direct action to stall the microbes in some way to slow.

People file past, while others stall by her side awaiting the moment she goes live.

It may also stall efforts to replace depleted uranium with tungsten alloy.

He's watched by a bunch of guys who've been drinking beer in a stall that features driftwood sculptures.

But in an airplane, that descent is less problematic and you don't have to worry about retreating blade stall as you accelerate.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to delay, especially by evasion or deception.

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).

verb (used with object)

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.

noun

a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.

Underworld Slang. the member of a pickpocket's team who distracts the victim long enough for the theft to take place.

Sports. slowdown (def. 3).

Origin:
1490–1500; earlier stale decoy bird (> Anglo-French estale decoy pigeon), Old English stæl- decoy (in stælhrān decoy reindeer); akin to stall¹

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World English Dictionary

stall¹ (stɔːl)

—n
1.	a. a compartment in a stable or shed for confining or feeding a single animal
	b. another name for stable
2.	a small often temporary stand or booth for the display and sale of goods
3.	in a church
	a. one of a row of seats, usually divided from the others by armrests or a small screen, for the use of the choir or clergy
	b. a pen
4.	an instance of an engine stalling
5.	a condition of an aircraft in flight in which a reduction in speed or an increase in the aircraft's angle of attack causes a sudden loss of lift resulting in a downward plunge
6.	any small room or compartment
7.	(Brit)
	a. a seat in a theatre or cinema that resembles a chair, usually fixed to the floor
	b. (plural) the area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre or cinema nearest to the stage or screen
8.	a tubelike covering for a finger, as in a glove
9.	(plural) short for starting stalls
10.	(Brit) set out one's stall to make the necessary arrangements for the achievement of something and show that one is determined to achieve it

—vb
11.	to cause (a motor vehicle or its engine) to stop, usually by incorrect use of the clutch or incorrect adjustment of the fuel mixture, or (of an engine or motor vehicle) to stop, usually for these reasons
12.	to cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall or (of an aircraft) to go into a stall
13.	to stick or cause to stick fast, as in mud or snow
14.	(tr) to confine (an animal) in a stall

[Old English steall a place for standing; related to Old High German stall, and stellen to set]

stall² (stɔːl)

—vb
1.	to employ delaying tactics towards (someone); be evasive
2.	chiefly (US) (intr) sport to play or fight below one's best in order to deceive

—n
3.	an evasive move; pretext

[C16: from Anglo-French estale bird used as a decoy, influenced by stall¹]

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Word Origin & History

stall

"place in a stable for animals," O.E. steall "place where cattle are kept, place, position," from P.Gmc. *stallaz (cf. O.N. stallr "pedestal for idols, altar," O.Fris. stal, O.H.G. stall "stand, place, stable, stall," Ger. Stall "stable," Stelle "place"), earlier *stalnaz- or *stathlo-, from PIE base

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*sta- "to stand" (cf. Gk. stellein "to set in order, arrange, equip;" see stet). The word passed into Romanic languages (cf. It. stallo "place," stalla "stable;" O.Fr. estal "place, position, stand, stall," Fr. étal "butcher's stall"). Several meanings, including that of "a stand for selling" (mid-13c., implied in stallage "tax levied for the privilege of erecting a stall at a market or fair"), are from (or influenced by) O.Fr. estal. Meaning "partially enclosed seat in a choir" is attested from c.1400; that of "urinal in a men's room" is from 1967.

stall

"pretense to avoid doing something," variant of stale "bird used as a decoy to lure other birds" (c.1440), from Anglo-Fr. estale "decoy, pigeon used to lure a hawk" (13c., cf. stool pigeon), lit. "standstill," from O.Fr. estal "place, stand, stall," from Frankish *stal- "position," cognate with O.E.

steall (see stall (n.1)). Cf. O.E. stælhran "decoy reindeer," Ger. stellvogel "decoy bird." Fig. sense of "deception, means of allurement" is first recorded c.1529. Meaning "evasive trick or story, pretext, excuse" first recorded 1812 (see stall (v.)); sense entwined with that of "thief's assistant" (1591).

"The stallers up are gratified with such part of the gains acquired as the liberality of the knuckling gentlemen may prompt them to bestow." [J.H. Vaux, "Flash Dictionary," 1812]

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stall

1592, "to screen a pickpocket from observation," from stall (n.2) "decoy." Meaning "to precaricate, be evasive, play for time" is attested from 1903. Of engines or engine-powered vehicles, it is attested from 1904 (trans.), 1914 (intrans.), from earlier sense of "to become

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stuck, come to a standstill" (c.1400), which is directly from O.Fr. estale or O.E. steall (see stall (n.1)).

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