stall

Noun

• a tactic used to mislead or delay

• small individual study area in a library

• seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

• a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
  • the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it
    

• a booth where articles are displayed for sale

• small area set off by walls for special use

• a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

Verb

• cause an engine to stop
  • The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car
    

• cause an airplane to go into a stall

• experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

• put into, or keep in, a stall
  • Stall the horse
    

• deliberately delay an event or action
  • she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
    

• come to a stop
  • The car stalled in the driveway
    

• postpone doing what one should be doing
  • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  stalling , carrel , carrell , cubicle , stand , sales booth , booth , kiosk , conk , procrastinate , drag one's feet , drag one's heels , shillyshally , dilly-dally , dillydally