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Synonyms for stall
stɔlstall
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Princeton's WordNet
stallnoun
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
Synonyms:
kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales boothbooth, cubicle, stall, kiosknoun
small area set off by walls for special use
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stalling, sales booth, cubicle, booth, cell, carrel, carrell, stand, kioskstall, stand, sales boothnoun
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
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carrel, tie-up, sales booth, stand, viewpoint, rack, kiosk, base, carrell, booth, outdoor stage, point of view, stalling, bandstand, pedestal, cubicle, standpoint, standstillstallnoun
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"
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kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales boothstallnoun
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
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kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales boothcarrel, carrell, cubicle, stallnoun
small individual study area in a library
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stalling, sales booth, cubicle, booth, cell, carrel, carrell, stand, kioskstall, stallingverb
a tactic used to mislead or delay
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kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales boothprocrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydallyverb
postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
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drag one's heels, dillydally, conk, drag one's feet, procrastinate, dilly-dally, shillyshallystall, conkverb
come to a stop
"The car stalled in the driveway"
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pass away, perish, choke, conk, croak, decease, snuff it, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, procrastinate, dillydally, drop dead, exit, shillyshally, buy the farm, pop off, faint, dilly-dally, die, give-up the ghost, pass, expire, drag one's heels, drag one's feet, pass out, go, swoonstallverb
deliberately delay an event or action
"she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
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conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydallystallverb
put into, or keep in, a stall
"Stall the horse"
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conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydallystallverb
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
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conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydallystallverb
cause an airplane to go into a stall
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conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydallystallverb
cause an engine to stop
"The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
Synonyms:
conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydally
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
stallnoun
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stablestallnoun
Synonyms:
compartment (as in a stable), cell, recessstallnoun
stallnoun
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seat (for a dignitary in the choir of a church)stallverb
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put in a stable, keep in a stablestallverb
Synonyms:
set fast (as in mire), fix in a slough
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "stall":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#695 | cell | |
#988 | base | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1763 | die | |
#1778 | stand | |
#3227 | exit | |
#4680 | rack | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#7479 | booth | |
#12203 | viewpoint | |
#12853 | expire | |
#15135 | faint | |
#16979 | stall | |
#17489 | pedestal | |
#18649 | kiosk | |
#19372 | standpoint | |
#19877 | stalls | |
#21204 | choke | |
#26043 | dropout | |
#27826 | perish | |
#32989 | cubicle | |
#45060 | standstill | |
#47204 | stalling | |
#59200 | swoon | |
#70343 | bandstand | |
#73790 | croak | |
#75746 | procrastinate | |
#92888 | decease | |
#101336 | carrell | |
#107190 | carrel | |
#166458 | conk |
How to use stall in a sentence?
Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.
Capital gains and the expectations for future gains will become Giant Pandas – very rare and sort of inefficient at reproduction, i'm saying that developed and emerging economies are flying at stall speed and they've got to bump up nominal GDP growth rates or else. Cross your fingers.
We may need to decide that once we get to 20 cases per 100,000 per day that may be the point at which we start to withdraw these things, i'm not so sure we're going to get to 10 anytime soon. Right now, Washington DC is at 15. New York's at 75. With this new Omicron strain that's circling we may stall out around 20 -- and that may be the point where we have to consider withdrawing a lot of these measures.
At the moment I work at a street stall selling household items. My family is big, we can't guarantee getting essential supplies, and things are getting worse because of the cost of living.
If found in this position, we advise people to remain calm and stall the person on the phone, try to contact the victim by phone or voice or social media, such as Snapchatting them to get in touch and make sure they're okay. It's also good to get some proof of life or a photograph or ask to talk to the person.
Translations for stall
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- gå i ståDanish
- Überziehen, Stall, Kabine, Duschkabine, Strömungsabriss, Bude, StandGerman
- κιόσκι μικροπωλητήGreek
- barrena, puesto, entrar en pérdidaSpanish
- آخورPersian
- viivyttää, seisahtua, pilttuu, permanto, suihkukaappi, pysähtyä, myyntikoju, koju, viivytys, kioski, sakkaus, sakataFinnish
- stand, étal, cabine de douche, stalle, décrochage, parterre, décrocherFrench
- buabhall, stàileScottish Gaelic
- կրպակ, տաղավարArmenian
- stalla, chiosco, cabina, bancarella, plateaItalian
- 厩舎, 失速, シャワー室, 馬小屋, 露店, 出店, ストール, 売店Japanese
- ბაგაGeorgian
- 정체되다Korean
- whakamārariMāori
- партерMacedonian
- cabine, afslaan, stallen, overtrekkenDutch
- stallNorwegian
- platéia, boxe, estande, estol, audiência, box, banca, estolar, baiaPortuguese
- staulRomanian
- партер, палатка, сваливаться, останавливаться, киоск, сваливание, душевая кабинка, сваливаться с потока, глохнуть, стойло, ларёк, кабинкаRussian
- parkettplats, stånd, bås, spilta, uppehållaSwedish
- vibanda, kibandaSwahili
- แผงลอยThai
- ahırTurkish
- 摊子Chinese
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