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stall en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /stɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /stɔl/ (Scotland)
• /stɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /stɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /stoːl/ Standard Southern British, Australia, BZ

Etymology

From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.

Meanings

1. (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
   • His Fellow ſought what Lodging he could find: At laſt he found a Stall where oxen ſtood, And that he rather choſe than lie abroad. 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 231:
3. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
   • Now he goes on, and ſings of fairs and ſhows, For ſtill new fairs before his eyes aroſe. How pedlars' ſtalls with glitt'ring toys are laid, The various fairings of the country maid. 1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Saturday; or, The Flights”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 57, lines 71–74:
4. (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
   • He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days [...] 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
   • Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of 'a growing English-speaking elite' that is 'happy to maintain the importance of the English language'. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3:
5. A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
   • Rabbit eases from the king-size bed, goes into their bathroom with its rose-colored one-piece Fiberglas tub and shower stall, and urinates into the toilet of a matching rose porcelain. 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest:
6. (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7. (Germanic) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
   • In a private rite, a ring is drawn on the ground around a harrow or before an indoor stall. 1989, Edred Thorsson, A Book of Troth, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 156:
   • Stalli (STAL-i) - Altar. 2006, Mark Puryear, The Nature of Asatru: An Overview of the Ideals and Philosophy of the Indigenous Religion of Northern Europe, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 237:
   • Some Asatruar kindreds call their indoor altars stalls and their outdoor altars harrows. 2006, Selene Silverwind, “Asatruar Tools and Practices”, in Everything you need to know about Paganism, David & Charles, →ISBN, page 117:
8. A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
9. A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
   • 1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition, When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.
   • He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; no fat living or stall, for which he never looked, and didn't care; […] 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
10. A sheath to protect the finger.
11. The space left by excavation between pillars.
12. A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
13. (obsolete, qualifier:thieves slang) Synonym of stallsman (“an accomplice”).
    • The "super" or watch is passed to a stall, who hurries away, while the "dip" continues on the car. No sign of recognition passes between the members of the mob when at work. 1909, Ignatz Leo Nascher, The Wretches of Povertyville: A Sociological Study of the Bowery, page 204:

Forms

Deriveds

stall-feed · stall feed · stallfeed · pillar and stall · multistall · foodstall · set out one's stall · whelk stall · orchestra stalls · cowstall · box stall · stallholding · cow stall · stallage · green-stall · sow stall · tail stall · stall bars · stallboard · market stall · food stall · footstall · stallman · choirstall · stallkeeper · stall-fed · farm stall · washstall · sarabat stall · homestall · choir stall · farmstall · cart stall · headstall · stallholder · laystall · thumbstall · sidestall · stall handler · buckstall · stawsome · super stall · stall-reader · bookstall

Synonyms

cubicle · space (parking stall) · spot (parking stall) · cubicle (toilet stall) · bay (parking stall) · stallsman · boose

Translations (206)

gl trabanco (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · it platea (seat in a theatre) · bg конюшна (stable; place for cattle) · it cabina (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · es mostrador (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · fr cabine de douche (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · hi गुमटी (small open-fronted shop) · be ста́йня (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · he תָּא (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · hu stallum (seat in a church, reserved for church officials and dignitaries) · es compartimento (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ar مَعْلِف (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · it altare (paganism: altar) · ru кио́ск (small open-fronted shop) · cmn 馬厩 (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · vi quầy hàng (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · fr stand (small open-fronted shop) · hu bódé (small open-fronted shop) · pt banca (small open-fronted shop) · sv bås (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · la praesaepe (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fi pilttuu (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fr stalle (seat in a church, reserved for church officials and dignitaries) · km ស្តង់ (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · dsb groź (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · it stallo (seat in a church, reserved for church officials and dignitaries) · de Stall (stable; place for cattle) · es stand (small open-fronted shop) · cmn 正座 (seat in a theatre) · bg напръстник (sheath to protect the finger) · es puesto (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · nb bås (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · yue 攤檔 /摊档 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ru парте́р (seat in a theatre) · ota پرمقلق (sheath to protect the finger) · ko 가판대 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ko 판매대 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · km តៀម (small open-fronted shop) · bg будка (small open-fronted shop) · es friquitín (small open-fronted shop) · fr stalle (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · es timbiriche (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · gl posto (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · cmn 地攤 /地摊 (small open-fronted shop) · es tendajo (small open-fronted shop) · nrf halle (small open-fronted shop) · bg партер (seat in a theatre) · fi talli (stable; place for cattle) · ja 厩舎 (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ro staul (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fi parsi (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ca estable (stable; place for cattle) · es puesto (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · pl stragan (small open-fronted shop) · pt estande (small open-fronted shop) · de Stand (small open-fronted shop) · bo ཙག་ཙིག་ཚོང་མཁན (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · hu elárusítóasztal (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · cu хлѣвъ (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ja 屋台店 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · vi gian hàng (small open-fronted shop) · bg сергия (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · es anaquel (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · gl mesa (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ja 出店 (small open-fronted shop) · pl stoisko (small open-fronted shop) · mhn stòll (stable; place for cattle) · ja 屋台 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · sv stånd (small open-fronted shop) · fi navetta (stable; place for cattle) · de Theke (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · pt box (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · it bancarella (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ru хлев (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · qu mast'a (seat in a theatre) · la mandra (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · hu kórusülés (seat in a church, reserved for church officials and dignitaries) · es asiento (seat in a theatre) · hu stand (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · es timbiriche (small open-fronted shop) · fi myyntipöytä (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · fi sormituppi (sheath to protect the finger) · ru каби́нка (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · be хлеў (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · la pergula (small open-fronted shop) · mi tēpu hoko (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · hy տաղավար (small open-fronted shop) · uk прила́вок (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · pt platéia (seat in a theatre) · nan-hbl 擔仔 /担仔 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · hu fülke (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · fr étal (small open-fronted shop) · hu állás (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ru сто́йло (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ja シャワー室 (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · fi koju (small open-fronted shop) · nn bås (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fi karsina (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fr stalle (seat in a theatre) · bg обор (stable; place for cattle) · ru пала́тка (small open-fronted shop) · uk хлів (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · uk сті́йло (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · sw vibanda (seat in a theatre) · fr étal (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · fi permanto (seat in a theatre) · cmn 正廳前座 /正厅前座 (seat in a theatre) · fi myyntikoju (small open-fronted shop) · wa ståve (stable; place for cattle) · es casilla (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · es tendejón (small open-fronted shop) · sv bås (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · bg сергия (small open-fronted shop) · it seggio (seat in a church, reserved for church officials and dignitaries) · gl tenda (small open-fronted shop) · sw vibanda (small open-fronted shop) · cmn 攤位 /摊位 (small open-fronted shop) · fi suihkukaappi (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · vi sạp hàng (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · es caseta (small open-fronted shop) · es caseta (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · gd stàile (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · it chiosco (small open-fronted shop) · ro stand (small open-fronted shop) · bg кабина (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · uk кабі́нка (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · es establo (stable; place for cattle) · it stalla (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · he תָּא (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · bg щанд (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · es changarro (small open-fronted shop) · fi alttari (paganism: altar) · de Stall (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · cmn 衛生間 /卫生间 (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · cmn 攤位 /摊位 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · cmn 攤子 /摊子 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · bg олтар (paganism: altar) · nl cabine (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · pt baia (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · de Duschkabine (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · es establía (stable; place for cattle) · hu boksz (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · bg капище (paganism: altar) · cs stání (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ru ларёк (small open-fronted shop) · sv spilta (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · cdo 攤囝 /摊囝 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ja 馬小屋 (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · gd stàile (small open-fronted shop) · la bubile (stable; place for cattle) · mk парте́р (seat in a theatre) · cmn 貨攤 /货摊 (small open-fronted shop) · de Kabine (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · hy կրպակ (small open-fronted shop) · de Bude (small open-fronted shop) · fa آخور (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · cmn 淋浴間 /淋浴间 (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · gd stàile (seat in a theatre) · dsb buda (small open-fronted shop) · hu elárusítóbódé (small open-fronted shop) · ru душева́я каби́нка (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · ta சத்திரம் (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ja 売店 (small open-fronted shop) · cmn 牛棚 (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · nan-hbl 攤仔 /摊仔 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ja 露店 (small open-fronted shop) · es compartimiento (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ar مُرَاح (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · eo bovejo (stable; place for cattle) · grc σταθμός (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · pt estábulo (stable; place for cattle) · pt audiência (seat in a theatre) · uk душова́ кабі́нка (very small room used for a shower or toilet) · fr étable (stable; place for cattle) · ota سركی (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · eo stalo (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · es butaca (seat in a theatre) · hu istálló (stable; place for cattle) · bar Stoi (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · it bancarella (small open-fronted shop) · fr logette (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fi tiski (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ar بَسْطة (small open-fronted shop) · sv parkettplats (seat in a theatre) · cmn 牲畜棚 (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · fi permantopaikka (seat in a theatre) · sw kibanda (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ka ბაგა (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · hu zsöllye (seat in a theatre) · yue 攤位 /摊位 (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · gd buabhall (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · bg седалка (seat in a church, reserved for church officials and dignitaries) · dsb chlěw (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · ota سركی (small open-fronted shop) · gl posto (small open-fronted shop) · es puesto (small open-fronted shop) · eo stando (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · ms gerai (small open-fronted shop) · fr parterre (seat in a theatre) · uk ларьо́к (small open-fronted shop) · el κιόσκι μικροπωλητή (small open-fronted shop) · it stalla (stable; place for cattle) · es altar (paganism: altar) · vi gian hàng (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale) · pt boxe (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) · bg клетка (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed)

stall en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /stɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /stɔl/ (Scotland)
• /stɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /stɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /stoːl/ Standard Southern British, Australia, BZ

Etymology

From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
   • But Niſus hit the Turns with happier haſte, And thoughtleſs of his Friend, the Foreſt paſs'd: And Alban Plains, from Alba's Name ſo call'd, Where King Latinus then his Oxen ſtall'd. 1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 479, lines 523–526:
   • to stall an ox
2. To fatten.
   • to stall cattle
3. (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
   • I must perforce Haue ſhewne to thee ſuch a declining day, Or looke on thine: we could not ſtall together In the whole world. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 364, column 2:
4. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
   • Deck'd in thy rights , as thou art stall'd in mine c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
5. To forestall; to anticipate.
   • This is not to be staled by my report, This only must be told: […] 1636 (first performance; published 1655), Philip Massinger, “The Bashful Lover”, in W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, […], volume IV, London: […] G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol; […] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co. […], published 1805, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, page 427:
6. To keep close; to keep secret.
   • You haue diſcharg'd this honeſtlie, keepe it to your ſelfe, […] praie you leaue mee, ſtall this in your boſome, and I thanke you for your honeſt care: I will ſpeake with you further anon. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 233, column 2:

Forms

Translations (26)

es engordar (to fatten) · nn setje på stallen (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · nn fete opp (to fatten) · fi lihottaa (to fatten) · gl engordar (to fatten) · es cebar (to fatten) · ca engreixar (to fatten) · pt cevar (to fatten) · gl cebar (to fatten) · it ingrassare (to fatten) · hu istállóban elhelyez (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · nb fete opp (to fatten) · bg угоявам (to fatten) · nn sette på stallen (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · hu istállóba tesz (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · nb sette på stallen (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · bg запирам (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · de mästen (to fatten) · es estabular (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · de stallen (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · hu hizlal (to fatten) · fr engraisser (to fatten) · pt engordar (to fatten) · fi laittaa talliin (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · fi pistää talliin (to put (an animal etc) in a stall) · nl stallen (to put (an animal etc) in a stall)

stall en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /stɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /stɔl/ (Scotland)
• /stɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /stɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /stoːl/ Standard Southern British, Australia, BZ

Etymology

From Middle English stallen (“to abide, dwell, place in a location, stop, come to a standstill”), partly from Old French estaler, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 (see above); and partly from Middle English stalle (“fixed position, stall”).

Meanings

1. An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
   • His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.
2. Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
   • The only way to account for it is a structural breakup in flight, a stall, a spin, a death spiral as we call it. 1999 July 20, Mark Tran, “Did Kennedy's plane plunge in a 'death spiral'?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the asymmetric stall and the ensuing roll of the aircraft because of the uncommanded retraction of the left wing outboard leading edge slats and the loss of stall warning and slat disagreement indication systems resulting from maintenance-induced damage leading to the separation of the No. 1 engine and pylon assembly at a critical point during takeoff. The separation resulted from damage by improper maintenance procedures which led to failure of the pylon structure. 1979 December 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “3.2 Probable Cause”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc., DC-10-10, N110AA, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, May 25, 1979, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022, page 69:

Forms

Deriveds

stall turn · stall speed · stall angle · stallproof · poststall · whipstall · shock stall

Translations (26)

bg забавяне (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · bg срив (aeronautics: loss of lift) · fi sakkaus (aeronautics: loss of lift) · de Hinhaltung (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · ru сва́ливание (aeronautics: loss of lift) · hu halogatás (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · hu átesés (aeronautics: loss of lift) · cmn 上升失速 (aeronautics: loss of lift) · de Hinhalterei (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · ja 失速 (aeronautics: loss of lift) · ja ストール (aeronautics: loss of lift) · cs přetažení (aeronautics: loss of lift) · pt estol (aeronautics: loss of lift) · sw vibanda (aeronautics: loss of lift) · hu késleltetés (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · fr décrochage (aeronautics: loss of lift) · fi viivytys (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · cmn 失速 (aeronautics: loss of lift) · es entrada en pérdida (aeronautics: loss of lift) · hu túlhúzás (aeronautics: loss of lift) · de Strömungsabriss (aeronautics: loss of lift) · hu időhúzás (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · de Hinhalten (action that causes, or is intended to cause, delay) · it stallo (aeronautics: loss of lift) · el απώλεια άντωσης (aeronautics: loss of lift) · tr perdövites (aeronautics: loss of lift)

stall en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /stɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /stɔl/ (Scotland)
• /stɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /stɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /stoːl/ Standard Southern British, Australia, BZ

Etymology

From Middle English stallen (“to abide, dwell, place in a location, stop, come to a standstill”), partly from Old French estaler, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 (see above); and partly from Middle English stalle (“fixed position, stall”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
   • He stalled the creditors as long as he could.
2. (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
   • Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.
   • See the look on my face From staying too long in one place But every time I try to leave I find I keep on stalling 2007, KT Tunstall, “Saving My Face”, in Drastic Fantastic:
3. (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
   • [...] the 4-4-0 unhappily stalled after a stop on Reading Old Bank with its eight-coach load and the Reading Up Line pilot, a "Hall", had to bank the train into Reading General. 1960 July, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 443:
   • But both projects have stalled, with no indication of how they would be funded. 2023 September 20, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Mayor backs southern rail link for Heathrow Airport”, in RAIL, number 992, page 24:
   • On the long 1 in 100 ascent from Staveley to Heath she nearly stalled, and having taken 67¼ min. to cover the 38.2 miles to Nottingham instead of the 51 min. scheduled she gave up the ghost, and came off the train. 1960 April 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 271 ("she" refers to a locomotive):
4. (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
   • In Barnhouse's mind, their screwed-up childhoods have left homosexuals stalled at an adolescent point in the normal progression of psycho-social development. Unable to attain the "normal" gender identification and separation from mother, they are forced to lead incomplete lives and thus remain "immature." 1977 December 10, Eric Rogers, “'Tolerant' Rhetoric Masks Anti-Gay Bias”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 13:
   • Long stretches of the railroad south from Hankow were torn up by bombs from Chennault’s planes, and their attacks limited traffic to nighttime on the parallel Hsiang River. The combined efforts of the Chinese troops at Heng-yang and Chennault’s pilots effectively stalled the Japanese advance. 2001, “Ichigo, Operation”, in Stanley Sandler, editor, World War II In the Pacific: Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 429:
5. (intransitive) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
   • The thrust levers were advanced, the first officer selected the go-around mode for the flight director, and he started to increase the pitch of the aircraft to the command bar indications, 10 degrees nose up. About one second after the first officer acknowledged the go-around, the stick shaker (stall warning) activated. As the aircraft reached 10 degrees nose up, about one and one-half seconds after the stick shaker activated, the captain called flaps and selected them to the go-around setting, the warbler tone associated with the stall protection system (SPS) sounded, and the aircraft stalled aerodynamically. The aircraft rolled right to approximately 55 degrees of bank, and the right wing tip contacted the runway about 2700 feet from the threshold and 45 feet left of the centre line, the right wing tip bending upwards about four feet from the tip. 1999 April 15, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, “1.1 History of the Flight”, in Aviation Investigation Report A97H0011, Loss of Control on Go-around (Rejected Landing), Air Canada Canadair CL-600-2B19 C-FSKI, Fredericton Airport, New Brunswick, 16 December 1997, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022, pages 1–2:
6. (transitive) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
   • The pilot stalled the plane by pulling the nose up too high at a slow airspeed.
7. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
   • to stall a cart
   • His horses had been stalled in the snow. 1884, Edward Everett Hale, The Fortunes of Rachel:
8. (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
9. (transitive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
10. (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
11. (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.

Forms

Deriveds

unstall · unstalled · stall off · stall out · forestall · antistall · stall for time

Synonyms

delay · put off · delay · procrastinate · postpone · penelopize

Translations (108)

pt enrolar (to employ delaying tactics) · hu feltart (to employ delaying tactics against) · de auf Zeit spielen (to employ delaying tactics) · bg забавям (to employ delaying tactics against) · hu megakad (to come to a standstill) · es pararse (to come to a standstill) · gl enredar (to employ delaying tactics against) · de überziehen (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · es tardar (to employ delaying tactics against) · ru сва́ливаться (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · fi hidastaa (to cause to come to a standstill) · bg спра (to come to a standstill) · de Verzögerungstaktik betreiben (to employ delaying tactics) · es ahogar (to cause to come to a standstill) · es ahogarse ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · hu lefoglal (to employ delaying tactics against) · es andar con evasivas (to employ delaying tactics) · bg спирам (to cause to come to a standstill) · fr retarder (to employ delaying tactics against) · es pararse ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · ru остана́вливаться (to come to a standstill) · de vertrösten (to employ delaying tactics against) · sv uppehålla (to employ delaying tactics) · hu leáll (to come to a standstill) · bg спирам се (to come to a standstill) · cmn 熄火 (to come to a standstill) · hu akadozik (to come to a standstill) · hu tartóztat (to employ delaying tactics against) · hu húzza az időt (to employ delaying tactics) · cmn 失速 (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · es calarse ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · fr caler ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · mi whakaroaroa (to employ delaying tactics against) · mi whakamārari (to come to a standstill) · hu halogat (to employ delaying tactics against) · es tardarse (to employ delaying tactics) · ro trage de timp (to employ delaying tactics) · es entrar en pérdida (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · ru сва́ливаться с пото́ка (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · cmn 拖住 (to employ delaying tactics against) · bg спра (to cause to come to a standstill) · bg спирам (to come to a standstill) · sw vibanda (to employ delaying tactics) · de zum Stehen bringen (to cause to come to a standstill) · es entretener (to employ delaying tactics against) · fr décrocher (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · fi sakata (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · hu távol tart (to employ delaying tactics against) · hu akadályoz (to cause to come to a standstill) · es lentear (to employ delaying tactics against) · ja ストールする (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · de hinhalten (to employ delaying tactics against) · de Zeit gewinnen wollen (to employ delaying tactics) · de zum Stillstand kommen (to come to a standstill) · cmn 拋錨 /抛锚 (to come to a standstill) · fr faire patienter (to employ delaying tactics against) · es demorar (to employ delaying tactics against) · es detenerse (to come to a standstill) · bg спра се (to come to a standstill) · cmn 拖延 (to employ delaying tactics) · ja 失速する (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · nl afslaan (to come to a standstill) · sw vibanda (to employ delaying tactics against) · sv köra fast (to come to a standstill) · tr istop etmek ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · de zu einem Stillstand bringen (to cause to come to a standstill) · mi whakataruna (to employ delaying tactics against) · fi viivyttää (to employ delaying tactics) · hu megreked (to come to a standstill) · hu elakad (to come to a standstill) · es afogarse ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · es retrasar (to employ delaying tactics against) · es tener esperando (to employ delaying tactics against) · es demorarse (to employ delaying tactics) · ro muri ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · es lentearse (to employ delaying tactics) · hu lefullad (to come to a standstill) · fi viivyttää (to employ delaying tactics against) · bg протакам (to employ delaying tactics) · es andar con rodeos (to employ delaying tactics) · fi seisahtua (to come to a standstill) · es detenerse ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · de anhalten (to come to a standstill) · fi pysähtyä (to come to a standstill) · mi tinaku (to cause to come to a standstill) · mi tinaku (to employ delaying tactics against) · hu késleltet (to employ delaying tactics against) · ru гло́хнуть (to come to a standstill) · ko 정체되다 (to come to a standstill) · sw vibanda (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · es afogar (to cause to come to a standstill) · es parar (to cause to come to a standstill) · hu átesik (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · sv få motorstopp ((of an engine) to stop suddenly) · es detener (to cause to come to a standstill) · nl overtrekken (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · de verzögern (to cause to come to a standstill) · fi estää (to cause to come to a standstill) · mi whakataruna (to cause to come to a standstill) · fr gagner du temps (to employ delaying tactics) · es dar largas (to employ delaying tactics) · yue 死火 (to come to a standstill) · pt estolar (to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift) · sw vibanda (to come to a standstill) · pt enrolar (to employ delaying tactics against) · cmn 拖延時間 /拖延时间 (to employ delaying tactics) · bg забавя (to employ delaying tactics against) · hu gátol (to cause to come to a standstill)