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stone⋅wall
[stohn-wawl] 
–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
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.
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. |
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