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stone⋅wall

  [stohn-wawl]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in stonewalling.
2. British. filibuster (def. 3).
3. 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)
4. Informal. to block, stall, or resist intentionally: lobbying efforts to stonewall passage of the legislation.
5. British. to obstruct (the passage of a legislative bill) in Parliament, esp. by excessive or prolonged debate.
–adjective
6. pertaining to or characteristic of stonewalling: a new round of stonewall tactics.
Origin:
v. and adj. use of n. phrase stone wall

Related forms:
stonewaller, noun
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stone·wall   (stōn'wôl')   
v.   stone·walled, stone·wall·ing, stone·walls

v.   intr.

  1. Informal

    1. To engage in delaying tactics; stall: "stonewalling for time in order to close the missile gap" (James Reston).

    2. To refuse to answer or cooperate.

  2. Sports To play defensively rather than trying to score in cricket.

v.   tr. Informal
To refuse to answer or cooperate with; resist or rebuff: "I want you to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment" (Richard M. Nixon).
stone'wall'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
stonewall

  1. tv.
    to obstruct something or someone. : And again, the mayor tried to stonewall the investigation.
  2. n.
    an obstructionist act. : His answer to the committee was another stonewall that caught them all by surprise.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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