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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a tactic used to mislead or delay;
[syn: stall, stalling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stalling \Stall"ing\ (st[add]l"[i^]ng), n. Stabling. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled (st[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Stalling.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.] 1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox. [1913 Webster] Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --Burton. [1913 Webster] His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale. [1913 Webster] 5. To forestall; to anticipate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This is not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Stall this in your bosom. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stalling n 1: a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling]