Stalling

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of a person or thing that stalls. countable, uncountable

    "repeated stallings of the car engine"

  2. 2
    a tactic used to mislead or delay wordnet
  3. 3
    Stabling. countable, uncountable

    "But hire us some fair chamber for the night, / And stalling for the horses, and return / With victual for these men, and let us know."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stall form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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stallstall

Example

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"Stop stalling and do what I told you."

Related phrases

shock stalling

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