Definition of Stalling

Noun: stalling  sto-ling

1. A tactic used to mislead or delay
   - stall

1. Postpone doing what one should be doing
   "He did not want to write the letter and stalled for days";
   - procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
    
2. (driving) come to a stop
   "The car stalled in the driveway";
   - conk
    
3. Deliberately delay an event or action
   "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
    
4. Put into, or keep in, a stall
   "Stall the horse"
    
5. (air travel) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
    
6. (air travel) cause an aeroplane to go into a stall
    
7. Cause an engine to stop
   "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

See also:
stallholders
stallion

Anagrams containing the word stalling

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