stalling

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stalling^¹

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of stall

noun stallings

countable, uncountable The act of a person or thing that stalls. repeated stallings of the car engine
countable, uncountable Stabling. 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.

Stalling^²

proper noun Stallings

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: delaying, hindering, blocking, quit, standstill, disrupting, stagnation, impasse, dragging, deadlock, oldenburg, logjam, paralysing, stalemate, bullshitting, obstructing

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@misc{stalling_2026,
  title = {stalling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stalling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}