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What does STALL mean?

Definitions for STALL
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stallnoun

    a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

  2. booth, cubicle, stall, kiosknoun

    small area set off by walls for special use

  3. stall, stand, sales boothnoun

    a booth where articles are displayed for sale

  4. stallnoun

    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"

  5. stallnoun

    seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

  6. carrel, carrell, cubicle, stallnoun

    small individual study area in a library

  7. stall, stallingverb

    a tactic used to mislead or delay

  8. procrastinate, 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"

  9. stall, conkverb

    come to a stop

    "The car stalled in the driveway"

  10. stallverb

    deliberately delay an event or action

    "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

  11. stallverb

    put into, or keep in, a stall

    "Stall the horse"

  12. stallverb

    experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

  13. stallverb

    cause an airplane to go into a stall

  14. stallverb

    cause an engine to stop

    "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

Wiktionary

  1. stallnoun

    An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.

    His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.

  2. stallverb

    To employ delaying tactics against

    He stalled the creditors as long as he could.

  3. stallverb

    To employ delaying tactics

    Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.

  4. Etymology: steall. Confer Dutch stal, German Stall, Old Norse stallr. Cognate with stand.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. STALLnoun

    Etymology: steal , Saxon; stal, Dutch; stalla, Italian.

    A herd of oxen then he carv’d, with high rais’d heads, forg’d all
    Of gold and tin, for colour mixt, and bellowing from their stall,
    Rusht to their pastures. George Chapman, Iliad.

    Duncan’s horses,
    Beauteous and swift, the minions of the race,
    Turn’d wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
    Contending ’gainst obedience. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses. 1 Kings iv.

    His fellow sought what lodging he could find;
    At last he found a stall where oxen stood. Dryden.

    Stalls, bulks, windows,
    Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges hors’d
    With variable complections; all agreeing
    In earnestness to see him. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    They are nature’s coarser wares that lie on the stall, exposed to the transient view of every common eye. Joseph Glanvill.

    Bess Hoy first found it troublesome to bawl,
    And therefore plac’d her cherries on a stall. King.

    How pedlars stalls with glitt’ring toys are laid,
    The various fairings of the country maid. John Gay.

    Harley, the nation’s great support,
    Returning home one day from court,
    Observ’d a parson near Whitehall,
    Cheap’ning old authors on a stall. Jonathan Swift.

    All these together in one heap were thrown,
    Like carcases of beasts in butcher’s stall;
    And in another corner wide were strown
    The antique ruins of the Roman’s fall. Fairy Queen.

    The pope creates a canon beyond the number limited, and commands the chapter to assign unto such canon a stall in the choir and place in the chapter. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

    The dignified clergy, out of mere humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. William Warburton.

  2. To Stallverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    For such encheason, if you go nie,
    Few chimneys reeking you will espy;
    The fat ox, that wont ligg in the stall,
    Is now fast stalled in his crumenal. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

    For my part, he keeps me rustically at home; or, to speak more properly, sties me here at home unkept: for call you that keeping, for a gentleman of my birth, that differs not from the stalling of an ox? William Shakespeare.

    Nisus the forest pass’d,
    And Alban plains, from Alba’s name so call’d,
    Where king Latinus then his oxen stall’d. Dryden.

    Long may’st thou live to wail thy children’s loss;
    And see another as I see thee now,
    Deck’d in thy rights, as thou art stall’d in mine. William Shakespeare.

  3. To Stallverb

    We could not stall together in the world. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. stall

    A stall is a situation in which progress or activity stops, typically in an engine or other mechanical process, due to some sort of barrier or error. It also refers to a small space or partition for a person or an animal in a public place or even a large open area at a market or fair to sell products. In flying terminology, it is a sudden loss of lift that suspends an aircraft's forward motion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stallverb

    a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal

  2. Stallverb

    a stable; a place for cattle

  3. Stallverb

    a small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall

  4. Stallverb

    a bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale

  5. Stallverb

    a seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving

  6. Stallverb

    in the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc

  7. Stallverb

    the space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post

  8. Stallverb

    to put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox

  9. Stallverb

    to fatten; as, to stall cattle

  10. Stallverb

    to place in an office with the customary formalities; to install

  11. Stallverb

    to plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart

  12. Stallverb

    to forestall; to anticipitate. Having

  13. Stallverb

    to keep close; to keep secret

  14. Stallverb

    to live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell

  15. Stallverb

    to kennel, as dogs

  16. Stallverb

    to be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast

  17. Stallverb

    to be tired of eating, as cattle

  18. Etymology: [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr. ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand. 163. See Stand, and cf. Apostle, Epistle, Forestall, Install, Stale, a. & v. i., 1st Stalk, Stallion, Still.]

Wikidata

  1. Stall

    In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases. This occurs when the critical angle of attack of the foil is exceeded. The critical angle of attack is typically about 15 degrees, but it may vary significantly depending on the fluid, foil, and Reynolds number. Stalls in fixed-wing flight are often experienced as a sudden reduction in lift as the pilot increases the wing's angle of attack and exceeds its critical angle of attack. A stall does not mean that the engine have stopped working, or that the aircraft has stopped moving — the effect is the same even in an unpowered glider aircraft. Vectored thrust in manned and unmanned aircraft is used to surpass the stall limit, thereby giving rise to post-stall technology. Because stalls are most commonly discussed in connection with aviation, this article discusses stalls as they relate mainly to aircraft, in particular fixed-wing aircraft. The principles of stall discussed here translate to foils in other fluids as well.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. STALL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stall is ranked #14937 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Stall surname appeared 1,981 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Stall.

    93.1% or 1,845 total occurrences were White.
    2.6% or 52 total occurrences were Black.
    1.6% or 33 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.7% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'STALL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3932

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'STALL' in Nouns Frequency: #2377

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of STALL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of STALL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of STALL in a Sentence

  1. Montgomery County Police:

    The victim was walking in a school hallway when she met two male students, identified as Montano and Sanchez. Montano asked the victim to walk with him and Sanchez. Montano asked the victim to engage in sexual intercourse. She refused, montano asked the victim again and then forced her into a boy’s bathroom and then into a stall. Montano and Sanchez both raped the victim inside the bathroom stall.

  2. Adam Mount:

    Kim Jong Un's speech was a statement of his nation's nuclear weapons policy. In some ways, it was the opposite of a promise to denuclearize, pyongyang is essentially trying to play for time. They will be looking for ways to distract attention from nuclear disarmament or to stall out negotiations.

  3. William Tong:

    No settlement will ever come close to addressing the magnitude of suffering and harm caused by Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, but in reaching this $ 6 billion settlement we recognized that we could not stall this process forever for victims and our sister states.

  4. Nick Watney:

    Even though I only lost a shot there, it was a momentum stall.

  5. Matthew Horton:

    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.

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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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