Noun stalling has 1 sense
  1. stall, stalling - a tactic used to mislead or delay
    --1 is a kind of obstruction
    --1 has particulars: stonewalling
    Derived form: verb stall3
,Verb stall has 7 senses
  1. procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
    --1 is one way to delay
    Derived form: noun stall6
    Sample sentence:
    They stall a long time
  2. stall, conk - come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
    --2 is one way to stop, halt
    Derived form: noun stall4
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. stall - deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
    --3 is one way to
    delay, detain, hold up
    Derived forms: noun stall6, noun stalling1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. stall - put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
    --4 is one way to
    shelter
    Derived form: noun stall1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. stall - experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
    --5 is one way to
    stop, halt
    Derived form: noun stall4
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  6. stall - cause an airplane to go into a stall
    --6 is one way to
    stop
    Derived form: noun stall4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. stall - cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
    --7 is one way to
    stop
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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